stopping them is there? does the matter if the democrats want to keep calling witnesses? >> in short, it doesn't. the fact of the matter is, especially on the house side, this investigation has had so many problems, in part because of devin nunes and some of his actions. so maybe at this point it's sort of mercifully wrapping up because it's just -- i don't know how much it's being taken seriously at this point because of all the issues they've had and how partisan this committee, which traditionally people don't remember actually was a non-partisan committee has become. >> i mean, jeff, this certainly doesn't bode well for future investigations by this committee. i mean if something as major as, you know, russian meddling in the united states electoral process and fears that it will happen again -- if even that ends up being this bipartisan -- i mean with this rift, it doesn't bode well for the future. >> no, it doesn't. and remember, i mean this investigation has been really a fiasco from the start, and i