Rohan Goswami

They felt that since they didn't have a deal, they shouldn't even show up.

But also, this is...

kind of a sideshow, if we're being honest.

These guys don't really have a lot of power to stop things.

That's the DOJ, and that's the Europeans.

And that's where the fight gets interesting, right?

Because you can bet your bottom dollar that these guys were not just sitting around on the hill all day, you know, making nice with senators.

No, they were out there.

They were pressing flesh.

They were talking with all sorts of folks in and around D.C.

I would imagine they made the trek to the White House, the DOJ.

They are making their case to everyone while they're in town here.

I guess it depends on what you thought it was supposed to be.

If you thought that this group of senators, including Mike Lee, was ever, although Mike Lee actually did ask some great questions, was ever truly going to be focused on just the merits of the case.

That's not true for Republicans or Democrats.

These guys knew that a ton of reporters would be paying attention to this because there's nothing media likes to do more than cover other media.

And they decided to take full advantage of it, right?

Some people stuck to their talking points.

And look,

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