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We were able to get in the room and really articulate what are my powers, what are my authorities.

If he doesn't come through, I'll be back in New York City and we won't be sitting on the couch. I'll be in his office up his butt saying, where the hell is the agreement we came to?

While it's still under investigation, we do know that there was some sort of device to start a fire placed in front of the doorway about or around 1 a.m. and that the ignition was about 5 a.m. This has been deemed a hate crime, and I know that they're going to be back today to do more investigations and collect more cameras from the neighboring businesses.

So, yes, we are in close contact with ATF and the FBI. And the attorney general did reach out to me yesterday as well.

If I'm remembering correctly, the feeling that a lot of people had when this motion was filed was that it was kind of a Hail Mary, right? And there was not much evidence that it was necessarily even true.

Yeah, well, I mean, it was a Hail Mary in the sense that Michael Roman's lawyer didn't include any evidence to back up her claim, this very salacious claim. So there was a moment there when nobody knew really what to make of it. It was a very uncomfortable moment.