and listen, they were on to a story, right, just based on what michael cohen said. but what he said is different than what they reported. and at the end of the day, that s sort of the problem. cohen was asked repeatedly by so many gop lawmakers about deals. one kind of deal. let s take a look at what kind of deal. is there a book deal coming? are book deals. book deal. book deal about your experiences? cohen did have a book deal back when he was the president s lawyer. then he backed out of the book deal. now the president is saying there s a manuscript for this book that contradicts everything cohen said publicly and in testimony. is there a manuscript? do we know anything about that? the publisher said there wasn t a manuscript. so i don t think it now makes it a manuscript because the president is saying there is one. a couple of things about this. number one, the book deal thing seemed like a there were areas where these guys could really go after cohen s testimony,