know, merit some back slaps in the fox greenroom but i don t know if that s making a larger point here. right. or back slaps from the president. we have learned that congressman ratcliffe is auditioning for a job in the administration. he was echoing a question of this inverted standard of proof mueller saying he couldn t be exonerated and that the obstruction probe you don t prove someone s innocence, you prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. i think part of the strategy, the bigger strategy for republicans is they are trying to portray a confused witness who is not in command of his performance. i think that s the larger strategy. and we re see it from the republicans. i think there are two answers to the questions here. one of course is the nadler question. was he exonerated? clear answer from mueller is no. he answered in those terms more than once. when he was pressed on the conspiracy question, did the president conspire, et cetera, mueller s answer was not no.