a defense lawyer would never let his client go on television and make that type of a statement. that s what prosecutors like to call a prior inconsistent statement. if evidence comes to light that he was in fact involved in these sorts of things in a more willful or deliberate way than he acknowledges then we re looking at, i think, very good evidence that can be used whether we re talking about the congressional investigation or federal prosecutors to establish willful misconduct. mike, you ve covered more than one legally tinged political scandal in washington. what do you think of the, i guess, baffling conduct of these individuals? i mean, we are under a hundred days in and you have carter doing the repeat media tours. you have this dramatic letter from flynn s lawyer saying he has a story to tell. then you have manafort with the drip, drip, drip. where does this rank on your scandal meter? it s defitely top ten.