>> this is where i wanted to respond to what buck said. he's channeling the frustration of a lot of trump supporters. who see this investigation, who see this issue of issue of what russia did as simply a way to discredit donald trump's victory. i don't think there's anyway around that. the fact of the smaert -- matter is, it does put an asterisk next to his victory. >> on the russians part or the democrats part? >> there's no doubt the democrats are going to seize on this issue, to me that doesn't mean that we don't look into it that we don't put together some kind of fair bipartisan investigation that lays out the facts clearly. if that means that donald trump -- his victory is tainted, or some people argue that it's tainted, so be it, it's far more