they did not ever tell ellen knight that.well, when i realized that there was no clearance that would be coming, notwithstanding that the book had been cleared, i decided to go ahead and publish it. which, ultimately, patted the white house to the point that they got the justice department to bring a case to try to join the distribution of the book and under the provisions of the agreement people sign on prepublication review as the supreme court has interpreted to recoup any profits or royalties that i might drive from the book. in preparation of this litigation, they basically officials that you know in the white house counsel's office, names you are familiar with, as well as with the department of justice, basically lied to the court. ken weinstein's letter lays out what they did. in the course of preparing the case. they came and talked to ellen knight as they had to because she and her team had cleared the books. he names the name so i will name them here. pat philbin led the interrogation of ellen knight and tried to ge