negotiation with congress is the better route to go. nobody wants to be indicted unless in their estimation they conduct a balancing test and getting indicted for contempt is somehow a better outcome than whatever would happen if they turned over those documents and sat for a deposition. now, dan in addition, did mark meadows open himself up for a potential indictment because he started to cooperate? yes and no. i mean, that plus the fact that he just released a book weakens his argument about executive privilege. after all he is talking about his life with donald trump. it s hard for him to say it s privileged his life with donald trump. so the fact that he originally agreed to. if you look at his lawyer s letters. the lawyer claims we were going to show up for a deposition. then we got these documents from you, they made us really nervous how you, the committee, is going to disregard executive privilege completely. i got to say if both the lawyer s letter and the congressional co