wrong or any of that seems off base. >> i think you added a lot of context and took viewers back in time to the beginning of the trump administration which is good background so thank you for doing that. i think too that one of the things that we need to understand is that as a criminal investigation certainly mr. durham, the u.s. attorney in connecticut, can bring criminal charges but he's also known to be a very careful person. so we're not really sure how long this will take. it could be a while. his last big criminal investigation into possible justice -- into possible government wrongdoing was the cia review and that took three years. >> obviously mr. durham has a reputation that precedes him both for being careful and for having handled very sensitive matters like this in the past. one of the things that has been unusual which you touch on in this reporting tonight is the direct involvement of the attorney general, william barr, in this. usually on a sensitive matter like this, the justice department would take pains to make sure that everybody knew this was an independent matter,