the mueller investigation, and some people have accused that the motive is actually to try to rally the base before the congressional elections. we don't know if that's the case. but the concept that it would be typical to turn over this information is not right. usually the doj does not turn over information that reveals sources in -- eric: one of the intriguing thing about this is that supposedly new secret source, maybe new, we don't know who it is, we don't know if it is christopher steele or someone else whom we have not yet heard about who may have been responsible for some of these allegations that they are holding out. we don't know who that is. let me read to you what the washington journal side about this in its editorial, quote: -- washington journal said about this in its editorial, quote: