same matter to congress while i m awaiting trial in this criminal case? precisely the right question, lawrence. so it s perilous, right? until he resolves his criminal case in the southern district of new york, either by pleading guilty or going to trial and being acquitted or convicted, he has a huge problem. anything he says publicly could be used against him in that trial. and so maybe it means he s trying to resolve the criminal case, perhaps by pleading guilty. but we don t know that yet. or perhaps he wants to help congress but can t do that just now because he s limited in what he can say. he has a couple of gates he needs to get through. but i will say this. most defendants become convicted felons and most convicted felons look for a way to cooperate in order to reduce their sentence. and he still has the fifth amendment available to him. his lawyer makes that clear, that if he does testify to congress and if he does have fifth amendment interests that
russia, right? remember that. that his client is in russia and people connected to him are connected to vladimir putin and mr. kilimnik, if you remember that name from the mueller report. he also is going back and forth with these russian contacts. so it made me just want to know is there more to the russia connection going all the way back then? and again, they would be the same people that would be spinning this kooky idea that the ukrainians, the enemies of mr. yanukovych, the enemies of paul manafort, were responsible for the dnc hacking. and chuck, how does the committee take notice of this? is this something they can simply now that it s become public through the freedom of information act, can they just adopt it into the record of their investigation if they want to? they sure can. and again, they can use it for questioning other witnesses or for seeking other documents. the one cautionary note,