the thought of expressing that or exposing that information never crossed my mind. folks, you have to view today s hearing in light of what s happened these last 36 hours. president trump did trash nato, he shrugged off putin s meddling in our presidential election and now his allies in congress are holding what some say looks like a show trial. all of it comes just days before the president meets one-on-one with putin. right now the president doesn t seem very interested in pressing putin about the attack on our democracy. so who benefits from everything i just mentioned? some might say just one person, putin. what does that say about today s hearing? well, here s one way to look at it. the honest truth is that russian interference in our elections constitutes a grave attack on our democracy. most disturbingly, it has been wildly successful sowing discord in our nation and shaking faith in our institutions. i have the utmost respect for congress oversight role, but i