gives a little breathing room. he said, it helps assure people, and it is perfectly appropriate. i know you weren't in favor of this, but do you agree with th speaker? >> well, once the department of justice concludes that they believe that they need to appoint a special counsel, i have a tremendous amount of respect for our justice department, for our law enforcement, our intel community. so it's a different analysis, when you have the department of justice saying that they need to make this appointment. so from that respect, i'm looking forward to reviewing whatever type of findings, conclusions, they come up with. i think it is very important that this doesn't act as an investigation that is in search of a crime. almost looking like a witch hunt. that shouldn't be what this is about. it should be about the facts, wherever they may lead. >> given what you know about robert mueller and that