case where there s conspiracy but a good way to lock in a witness and get them to cooperate very early in a case. so i think a lot of that is what s go ogon. you see the two guilty pleas. they re both 1,001 claims. that s not something typically used are it time. but it s also a resource that in this case i think it special counsel has to lock in that testimony that to find out what s going on and to move forward with investigation. to your point if flynn were pardoned, that would be a federal pardon. the president can t pardon anybody for state crimes. there s also this line that says he has to cooperate with other federal, state and local law if forcement authorities in any and are matters. is that boiler plate? it s not. and i think you have correctly detected what could be telegraphing this could be for example alstate attorney general s investigation. we ve heard reports that it had