ask questions that have been asked and answered. we have doj inquiries. we had james comey testify. we had a book written by james comey. so this is all about anything but oversight. it's a last ditch attempt to wouldn't n-flame a base and not let go of an issue that's already been addressed. >> so given that, what happens in roughly a month and a half from now even less when democrats take over the house? this goes away. >> it doesn't go away. the focus will change. the ranking member of the democratic side will be the chairman. i'll be watching to see how he handles this. but the republican side is very interesting because there are a number of retirements. lots of retirements on the republican side of the judiciary committee. jim jordan who is a fierce ali of president trump will be the ranking member, becoming the president's defender in chief. other republicans on that panel will have more he is neither, people like steve king who are