correct? >> if that's what's in the report >> you told sessions you wanted to meet in person rather than on the phone. you could have just read the message from the president over the phone, but you knew it would make it harder to persuade sessions so you wanted to meet with him in person correct? >> if that's what the report states, yes >> so the tournl works at the department of justice, but you told the special counsel you didn't want to meet in the department of justice because you knew if new you went into a public building, there's a public log of the visit and you specifically told the counsel you didn't want to quote, a public law, log of your visit, is that right? >> that's accurate >> why is that why didn't you want to leave a paper trail. >> jeff and i are friends socially and i wanted to have the opportunity to relay the conversation which the president asked me to ask jeff to consider gi giving