memo out of the way and most of the interviews that we believe will be scheduled out of the way, they're going to try to wrap this up. they've been saying they want to do that, at least, republicans, for at least a couple of months. but now based on how hicks goes today, they might be ready to actually do that. >> nbc's mike memoli and "the washington post" phil rucker, thank you very much. also thank you to hallie jackson in the white house press briefing room. let's go to paul fishman, a former u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey and a former federal prosecutor. paul, it's great to see you, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me on. >> it's interesting that republicans are already writing their report, even before they get to somebody as important and crucial as hope hicks. that kind of says all you need to know about the house intel investigation. >> well, it's certainly not the way prosecutors investigate things, right? >> yeah. >> and you've certainly seen that from the mueller team. prosecutors sometimes start with a theory, but sometimes they don't. and as the facts develop in the course of an investigation, the theory can change, and it can change a lot. sometimes you can learn about things you didn't know about before, that involve completely different people and completely