case. the filing cites the case that president clinton testified in the civil suit. this is a quote from that. a sitting president is not afforded special protection from a civil suit regarding conduct before he or she entered office. where do the similarities begin and end with regards to the clinton case? >> they really are dramatically similar in the sense that the supreme court said that as long as the case is not likely to take too much of the president's time, it may proceed. and that's hugely significant. that means the state lawsuit could force the president to testify. if president lies in the depositions, the clinton case shows that will both open the possibility of obstruction charges and also in each of these cases similar conduct can be used to prove that what happened with one woman happened