been established. trump's actions suggest that this department of justice cannot act independently. >> you know, you got the senate intel chairman he issued a statement troubled by the timing and reasoning of director comey's termination. what's interesting about that the senate intel committee is in the midst of doing an awful -- >> he's a staunch trump supporter. >> federal prosecutors have grand jury subpoenas, right, for associates of michael flynn to look into the timing of his financial activities around the time of taking those payments from russia. there are investigations under way here. does this have a chilling effect on any of that? >> well, i think actually what's interesting to me is that democrats have been calling for a special counsel or special commission or a committee, something independent for a long time. there was no way that was going