established policy going back to the days of jimmy carter about how much a president or any white house official is allowed to know about pending white house investigations about pending criminal investigations. that is i mean that s been followed by presidents as a matter of course for decades. but think about it this is not some defense attorney asking about his client. he is the boss of the justice department for which jim comey worked that s. you don t make that. that s what s so inappropriate for you that s not. it s relevant. it doesn t turn it into a crime. it doesn t turn it into a a specific ethical violation. should he have done it? if he had asked my advise i would have said have your lawyer ask about it have white house counsel have your personal lawyer ask about it it s better you not have the conversation. when you you is a the tweet from the president today tweeting what some interpreted asset a threat against director comey basically don t be leaking there