because of investigations is, there s no nice way to say it, they undercut what the trump organization and what donald trump has said. they undercut the quotes i just played for him where he said no dealings and no efforts at dealings. put this in the russia context for us, ambassador. well, first of all, as you just said, to do business in russia, especially a major business deal like this one that was being proposed, you re almost inevitably going to have to deal with the russian government. that seems clear. if you re contacting the president s chief spokesperson, that means that you need to deal with the kremlin. what s also important that you were just discussing, remember that robert mueller is investigating criminal problems. possible violations of the law. this is not that. but it most certainly sounds like something that s a violation of norms, normal practices that we have during presidential elections. and disclosures of what people are doing during presidential