burned by the fact that the president has tried to distance himself from him even though they've attended numerous events together, etc. >> there's a nexus between the criminal case and the congressional inquiry that recalls watergate. my wife was rereading the history of the era. the judge encouraged cooperation with the impeachment inquiry and even offered favorable terms if they did in fact cooperate with congress. >> as i remember what the judge did, he smelled a rat from the beginning of the watergate burglary. and he -- first of all he said senate, house, something smells here. you got to step in and do something. and that's triggered the senate/watergate hearing. the second thing he did was impose tough sentences on the burglars and one of them came forward and broke. so the outside federal judge who