out. the text messages that came out last week sure point in that direction and that's what i said and i think commonsense says when you look at the history of peter strzok and what he said in those text messages, if that doesn't show intent -- >> you said the fbi was part of an effort to stop president trump from becoming president. >> andrew mccabe's office, deputy director of the fbi, lisa page, peter strzok in his office talking about how they don't want donald trump to be president, we can't afford to take that risk, we need an insurance policy. commonsense -- >> running the investigation over at house intel, republicans say he has no problem with andrew mccabe after talking to him for a full day. >> you know what, we're going to talk to him tomorrow, john. >> happy holidays, sir. >> you bet. merry christmas. joining us now, former fbi and senior official phil mudd, brian stelter, former special agent and matt lewis, senior