pending indictments against russians, both individuals and companies, who we know who both doj and the intelligence community concluded are the people responsible for the hack. so whatever barr finds, it won't change that conclusion that's implemented in those indictments. it really looks like a wild goose chase that could only sour relationships both political and law enforcement relationships with some of our closest allies. >> and phil rucker, you and your colleagues basically report on exactly that. that the reaction from our allies is basically what's going on here. >> yeah. and that's the problem for the administration. but we should also think about the impact it has on our own federal law enforcement community because you have here the attorney general traveling around the world to dig up dirt to find incriminating information to show that there was corruption inside the very agency that he leads, the department of justice. >> unbelievable. >> and it completely undermines the work that the fbi and the