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On the president's agenda today, making it official, at any time he's going to formally demand an investigation into whether the fbi tried to infiltrate his campaign. the justice department is already responding saying its watchdog, the office of the inspector general, will expand its review to determine if the russia investigation has been corrupted by political bias. cnn's kaitlan collins is live at the white house. kaitlan what do we know about the president's plan to officially demand this investigation today? >> reporter: well, we haven't heard anything from the president or the white hou...

Presidency. and so they're reaching out to anyone, such as michael cohen, who they thought was close to donald trump. and trump has put distance between him now and michael cohen. cohen is involved in an investigation with the u.s. attorney in new york and so it's just -- it was a phenomenon i think of that point in time. >> paul: one other question for kim. kim, quickly, who do you think will win this fight? do you think nunes will win the document request and search? briefly. >> yes, i do. because as bill said, congress is united. i don't think the fbi has anywhere in the department of justi...

Consequences. in the long-term for the administration, possibly for republicans. so i think they are certainly taking a cue from the president because the administration and republicans are frustrated with it. >> and melanie, would it help the mueller investigation if they gave the public something, especially as it relates to collusion? >> well, look, i think there's the tale of the two investigations. you have both in the house side and the senate side two separate probes. the house one completely divulged into political bickering. you have conservative allies going on to say we should impea...

Were in a panic over the trump presidency. and so they're reaching out to anyone, such as michael cohen, who they thought was close to donald trump. and trump has put distance between him now and michael cohen. cohen is involved in an investigation with the u.s. attorney in new york and so it's just -- it was a phenomenon i think of that point in time. >> paul: one other question for kim. kim, quickly, who do you think will win this fight? do you think nunes will win the document request and search? briefly. >> yes, i do. because as bill said, congress is united. i don't think the fbi has anyw...

Legislative branch oversight woompt. we expect the administration to honor our document request. >> it is such a just xtapositio the accusations that that particular committee has become so partisan. >> you have two different tracks. the most interesting thing i think is actually slapped on the hand by the chief of staff for the white house in a phone call saying what are you doing? we are all republicans in this together. he is kind of out there by himself. he is not making friends with this administration and it is interesting to see how that plays out. >> stepped aside from running the russ...