future. >> it is absolutely unacceptable that russia or any other country but russia meddle in our elections. >> let me just speak for myself. the russians are not our friends. >> one of the biggest problems over the past year is the president referring to anything russian as a hoax. it wasn't. russia did try to intervene in our elections. >> now, i think the newest quote that we showed you there was from january of 2018. now compare those reactions to what we heard from republicans when they questioned former special counsel bob mueller this week on his report that documented russian interference. >> there is collusion in plain sight. collusion between russia and the democratic party. >> when did you first learn of peter struck's animus toward donald trump? >> maybe a better course of action is to figure out how the false accusations started. that's exactly what bill barr's doing. thank goodness for that. >> is the inspector general