be an investigation. >> you agree there should be an investigation? >> i believe it is a matter to be determined by the chair and this committee. >> i'm asking you as a career military officer, someone who i greatly respect and i admire your service to the country. do you believe that there is a credible admission by the whistleblower that the president of the united states is using his power to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election, do you believe that should be investigated? >> i don't believe confidence corroborated by other folks. the whistleblower said he spoke or she spoke to about a dozen other people. this is secondhand information. i'm not criticizing the whistleblower. >> but the inspector general took those two weeks, as you well told us, to corroborate that information. we don't know which, if any, of these officials the inspector