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Investigation was comprehensive and not a facade. >> steve, i know you have a lot to say about this. >> i think the democrats should issue their own report. i welcome that, by the way. i guess i would say -- >> the other steve, steve hall. >> sorry. >> that was my bad. go ahead. >> that's all right. don, i didn't hold out a whole lot of hope for either of the oversight committees because we're in such a hyperpartisan time and this is -- they are a political entity, both sides are. i worked in congressional liaison and cia and neither side has a monopoly. i was there when dianne feinstein was p...

We saw them at every turn protect the president. not the ballot box. but i still think that the american people will have the last word on this when we go to the ball lox box in november. >> congressman, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst laura coates, former federal prosecutor, cnn political comment stater, steve coates, former trump campaign adviser, national security analyst steve hall, retired chief of cia operations, max boot, council of foreign relations and author of "the road not taken." max, your take, what do you think? >> as you've been hearing, it's a joke. t...

>> that's all right. don, i didn't hold out a whole lot of hope for either of the oversight committees because we're in such a hyperpartisan time and this is -- they are a political entity, both sides are. i worked in congressional liaison and cia and neither side has a monopoly. i was there when dianne feinstein was pushing through on very partisan lines the so-called torture report. both sides in these circumstance s work in a partisan fashion. the difference, when you've got the director of national intelligence from both administrations saying to you that your country has been attacked by ...

>> i hate that that's true. >> why so? >> because we always would go underground, no cameras, the notes wouldn't be released for 25 years because it's national security, you want people to just act in the best interests of the country. and i thought, well, this is controversial because it involves the president. but they'll still do the right thing underground. and we didn't see that. we saw them at every turn protect the president. not the ballot box. but i still think that the american people will have the last word on this when we go to the ball lox box in november. >> congressman, thank yo...