being compromised by russia given your background and having been a prosecutor and involved in these things and having lived and -- lived in and visited the former soviet union. it does sort of feel like you're either star crossed or district end for this, doesn't it? >> well, it did feel at times like certain parts of my life prepared me for what was to come in very unexpected ways. i never thought i would see another illustration of russian trade craft at work like i did in the miller case. but the president in so many ways resembled a kind of target miller was. he was a philanderer. he had poor morals and a lack of ethics. he had the same greed except on a far greater scale than million early. unlike miller where the russians could, you know, dangle gold, donald trump was actively pursuing this very lucrative project in moscow. the russians didn't need to dangle anything. he was pursuing it proactively