political interest, i think he is trying to make sure his sort of 12 minutes of fame turn into 13 minutes as opposed to whether or not the white house really has to worry about whether this compares to the feds. the feds win on this one. abbabby, you cover the white house. i think this is significant but for a slightly different reason. the white house is always concerned in some ways about the mueller investigation, but the thing about this advocate case is it can surface some things that are more politically damaging to president trump than they might be for his legal prospects. so avenatti is trying to basically create a scenario in which he potentially deposes president trump and potentially unearths embarrassing information about the president. we know that he s been so nervous about this stormy daniels situation, in part because this pertains to his marriage, his personal life, and also it pertains to something that is really unsavory, an alleged extramarital affair. this may