british spy who compiled the trump dossier. this is right in line with trump's own talking points. >> well, i think it is very sad, what they've done with this fake dossier. it was made up and i understand they paid a tremendous amount of money. >> and then there is a strange parallel investigation, led by gop congressman devin nunes, the house intel chairman, who had supposedly stepped away from the russia probe. he's now gained access to files. democrats worry this could be part of an attempt to disdread special counsel's investigation. with me now, karen bass, democrat from california, and a member of the house judiciary committee. it looks a lot nicer where you are than where i am sitting. good to see you. i wonder what you make of the fact that no democrats were consulted before the letter to the d.o.j. was sent out. >> exactly. i do think that's problematic