a result of his running the dnc and his while political operation and these payments and, of course, what obama the president knew. maybe mr. mueller could provide the answers. we have asked the questions of the fbi and the justin department. these aren t secrets. we can get the answers if the deep state would just answer the questions. brian: for some reason the fbi is not really cooperating. this week they are supposed to give us an idea whether they used this stuff to even get the mueller probe going. if james comey was using it for his investigation besides just explaining it to the president and president-elect, was he also using that as a way a jumping off point to do an investigation of international business ties? steve: right. but the fbi is under no obligation to release information to the press about what they are doing. the fbi is working with mueller and his special counsel attorneys. they don t have to tell us what s going on. brian: why not? steve: because if you tell