sometimes believe false things is something we're going to see playing out when the house reports come out, and when there is a high likelihood that within at least one of those reports will be the deliberate distortions of fact. people have to be vigilant news consumers. they have to take these things seriously. they have to think critically. and they have to remember that the way democracy works, what makes democracy work is people putting in the work and the effort that it takes to make sure that they have a correct, clear understanding of what things are actually happening. >> i appreciate your candor there. it's certainly true. the republicans have locked most of this down. the last part was nix saying, caught on tape, regarding his testimony to the house republicans there, no secrets. they're politicians. they're not technical. they don't understand how it works. and then he said they're always just puppets, which was quite something to say about republicans who were trying to defend him anyway. betsy and brendan fisher, thanks for your expertise tonight. >> thank you. up next, president trump hiring new lawyers to go on