they can essentially refine their testimony as it comes to mind during the staff interviews but it s also good for the committee in the sense the staff tend to be more substantive, more prepared, better questionings. they ll get documentation so in some sense this allows this prep session the senators to get a briefing on what they re saying so that if they go to public hearing and if i were counsel to either of these guys i would try to avoid that very much, it allows for not look good when you do that, though? allows for more questioning by the snorsz. sorry? that doesn t look good when you do that, does it? my commentary is legal. they can figure out the political optics. in terms of the law of them testifying they have a right to refuse to testify, they can assert the fifth amendment, and my advice to them as a lawyer would be to not testify under oath in public until everything that they want to say is locked down and they know they re going to be able to maintain a co