can't he say it before congress and the investigation? he is not the first to potentially try. you may remember john bolton refused to testify in the house because he wanted to save it for his book and only after he realized he might ever -- his book might not see the light of day because the trump white house was trying to refuse to certify it wasn't classified did he offer to testify before the senate i think in the hopes that would pierce the executive branch's ability to suppress his book. >> cnn is reporting meadows was trying to get government officials pursue baseless election fraud conspiracies. according to one source he reached out to the fbi, the pentagon, national security council, office of the director of national intelligence, also pressured the justice department. those are not conversations with trump. should he be able to answer questions about contacts with those officials? i don't think those would be