that request? look, i think at that point, those materials were ready to be made public, were going to be put on the internet. wikileaks had been saying they were going to do that for quite some time. but listen, jake. this is pulling away a veil on both sides. on the clinton campaign and other campaigns, as well. about the way some of politics is done today, which is not very tasteful. and i think it should concern everybody, that people are getting involved in that type of activity. and we ve seen it not only from both main campaigns, but we obviously saw it that was going on in the republican primary, as well. it s something that we should all be concerned about. i don t think it complicates anything legally, but it s something we should all be concerned about in terms of the way campaigns are run right now. some of president trump s allies in the media and on capitol hill are calling on bob mueller to step down as special counsel. i m not really sure where you stand on this iss
jeopardy and trouble any allies of his. and that s something i would watch very, very closely here. the wall street journal s editorial board is calling on special counsel mueller to resign. let me read you part of the editorial. quote, the washington post revealed tuesday that the hillary clinton campaign and democratic national convention jointly paid for that dossier, strip out the middle man and it appears that democrats paid for russians to compile wild allegations about a u.s. presidential candidate. did someone say collusion? unquote. this argument that mueller should resign. we re hearing more and more from the president s allies on capitol hill, from their obedient vessels in the media. what s your take on it? well, what a coincidence, right, jake? that as bob mueller is getting his job done, and as he s getting closer to doing something that s real and filing charges, that political allies of the president are calling for his resignation. that s a far cry from what we
republicans on capitol hill seem eager to get their republican investigations over with. richard burr, the leading member of the senate intelligence committee says he expects his investigation to finish by early next year and the republican in charge of the house committee says he has no interest in prolonging the investigation, quote, one second longer than necessary. here to discuss is a member of the senate intelligence committee, angus king, an independent senator of maine, who caucuses with the democrats. senator, good to see you, as always. so the first charges have been filed in the mueller investigation. the charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. as someone who sits on the intelligence committee who knows this case well, i wanted to get your sense about which trump associates you might be watching over the next couple of days. who might find themselves in legal jeopardy. well, wii can t really speculate. i don t know anymore than you or your prior guests
important around the president. reporter: that s right, chris. good morning. some of the president s allies on capitol hill who have grown weary of the chaos and the back fighting, the insults coming out of the white house, are now calling for all the combatants can cut it out. meanwhile, the president, in controversy now, the white house in what is essentially a mode of trying to fix a huge problem, is looking at the situation where the president called for a challenge of the iq of the secretary of state as simply a joke made by the president. he wasn t questioning the secretary on of state s intelligence. he made a joke. maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime. reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders downplaying the president s
no, it s a standard part of their oversight. over last eight years, one of the central criticisms that congressional republicans had of the obama administration, they were too accommodating on their national security and foreign policy policies towards russia. russia is essentially a geopolitical threat around the globe that we need to take personally. what you re seeing is an emerging flashpoint between congressional republicans and this white house. there is widespread unni eeeasi about this administration s alleged contacts with russian officials. i think this is going to emerge as a key flashpoint between congressional republicans and the administration. they re aligned on a lot of issues, they re aligned on border security, wanting to get tax reform done, repeal obamacare. but this is an issue where there is a lot of tension between the white house s allies on capitol hill. guys, we re just watching in