prosecutor knew that there could be potentially some pushback from lawyers trying to protect the president. and so he included in here dan coats' quotes, election agriculture is an enduring challenge and top priority for the ic. he went on and said, coats said i can think of no higher priority mission than working to counter adversary effects to undermine the very core of our democratic process. so what did barr do? barr had the lawyers in doj say, oh, never mind, this is not in your jurisdiction. even though in the report from one of their fellow colleagues from doj that's now an ig said -- >> a trump appointee. >> a trump appointee it says in black and white that this clearly is a function of the ic community, that is election security without interference from foreign zblagts and agents >> if you're just joining us, we're going over the inspector general's letter regarding the whistle-blower complaint.