guilty of this, well, my brother across the bar seems to misapprehend the subtleties. no, no, no, none of that with jack smith. he calls its way he sees it. i think the donald trump defense team has made that easy in that regard because i don t think you re engaged in legitimate lawyering when you come back with a counterproposal saying let s kick this case two and a half to three years downs road. i don t think that s a straight-face request. it makes donald trump s defense lawyers sound more like assistant campaign managers, and i think it might actually boomerang on them and have the effect of judge chutkan setting a far earlier trial date than a later trial date. i don t think these tactics are going to play well with jack smith or judge chutkan. john karl, we re can t wait for the new book.