i began by asking the both of them about mr. trump s claim friday morning that what we re seeing is nothing more than a political witch hunt. i believe our intelligence leaders, general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the arms services committee are credible people and well respected. general clapper, i think, has 53 years of experience in the intelligence business and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past that have been wrong in the past, but what they re saying is there is a long history of russian attempts to affect the outcome of our election. you know, here s the deal for me. i think he s worried that inquiring into what russia did in the election is going to undermine his credibility and his legitimacy. quite frankly, i haven t heard any democrat at all of promise say that we doubt that donald trump won. putin is not the reason that