role that russia played in the election? >> well, every new indictment or guilty plea that special counsel bob mueller has been able to obtain that my colleagues will see the seriousness of what the russians did and understand that our obligation to make sure it doesn't happen again. the only way to do that is to show unity. disunity is our best shield and i'm not giving up hope that we could still come together and -- in some meaningful way. but putting the government on trial rather than the country that did us -- did that to us is not helpful. >> well, to that point i want to -- you to respond to what the chairman of the committee devin nunes who authored the initial memo what he had to say at cpac today. he accuses you and your committee the members of your committee of colluding with parts of the government to cover up the way that this fisa process was handled.