which is to protect our elections from further russian intervention when we have evidence that it's still continuing. it's just gotten to be absurd. >> david, you met with christopher steele. what would you tell devin nunes about him if he wanted to talk to you about him? >> i'm sure what the mi-6 and mi-5 guys would say if they thought it was worth speaking to devin nunes, would say. he is a respected professional. he's worked 20 years with british intel and then he worked with the fbi and other u.s. agencies on sort of a contractor basis. so people who have worked with him speak tremendously highly of him. it doesn't matter what my impression of him is. he has an established track record. and if he doesn't like what he did with the memos, i don't think you can fault him. he was given an assignment. he went out. he sent stuff in. it wasn't for public consumption. it was just a lot of leads. and it's really not much of a