pound of flesh yet from past grievances on the 2016 investigation. if he continues to focus on that white whale, it's going to bring him down enough. the investigation's over. >> and bossert also asserted that president trump had been repeatedly warned about the debunk conspiracy theory that he peddled to the ukraine president on the july phone call. >> at this point i am deeply frustrated with what he and the legal team is doing in repeating that debunked theory. it sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again. let me repeat that it has no validity. the united states government reached its conclusion on attributing to russia the dnc hack in 2016 before it even communicated it to the fbi, long before the fbi ever knocked on the door at the dnc. >> joining us now from washington, political reporter for the washington examiner, emily larsen. good morning to you. let's talk about some of what we