>> yes. >> serve lots of search warrants. >> yes. >> do you think it has some sort of pernicious effect? >> it's not good for law enforcement. they don't want to be dragged into partisan politics. i have enormous respect for what federal law enforcement has to do each and every day. this is just another disheartening chapter in the president's attempts to mislead the american people about mueller's investigation. >> where are your republican colleagues on this? >> sadly, silent, most of them. a few have stepped forward saying that the mueller investigation has to be protected. mueller is executing an appropriate investigation. quietly, the vast majority of them say it's not a witch hunt. we're going to take steps to protect it. this week, senator jeff flake of arizona will, once again, join me on the floor of the senate, asking for a vote on our mueller protection bill. and i'm sadly confident it will get blocked and it won't get a vote as it should.