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Of timing. an incoming chairman is out there saying he's going to subpoena hunter biden. now, they have every right to investigate, but some pundits say shouldn't you talk about your agenda, what you're going to do for the american people? >> one of the reasons, one of the ramifications for this outcome in terms of having the house and not having the senate is rather than have a legislative agenda or something along those lines that you could try and put in front of joe biden, confront him at the white house, you're going to see all of the house republicans invested very heavily in this type o...

If something would change. they were saying this as the investigation was going on anyway. the point of why they're doing it, the ones i've interviewed said to me, is that they were trying to get the public's attention. now, there's some kind of razzle dazzle, if you said, today, vote, 4:00 on the impeachment inquiry, you would have a countdown clock going on right now. that's what they're trying to do is to get a national focus on the investigation, to have the public with them to say, is it outrageous that the justice department is trying to block the normal oversight activity of congress. >...

Facts. >> reporter: house intelligence chairman adam schiff writing mueller a letter calling the doj guidance, quote, another attempt by the trump administration to obstruct the authorized oversight activity and legitimate investigations of the committee. republicans insist the mueller report already vindicates the president. >> we're finding each and every day that this whole collusion narrative that was out there that adam schiff and jerry nadler keep talking about was really not there. >> reporter: democrats hope mueller's televised testimony will educate the pop what is in the report -- ed...

The letter attempts to unduly circumscribe your testimony and represents another attempt by the trump administration to obstruct the authorized oversight activity but william barr said it was mueller who requested the boundaries to be outlined. >> they asked us for guidance in writing to explain or tell them what our position was so we responded in writing, the department sent the guidance the request. >> of that mueller requested. >> reporter: when this gets going and the doors, look for chairman nadler to set the tone of what democrats are looking for. >> the president and attorney general l...

Acceptable but donald trump describes this as, quote, a last-minute change allowing a never trump her attorney to help robert mueller with his testimony before congress tomorrow. never heard of this before. very unfair, should not be allowed. a rigged witchhunt. somebody else would prefer to have mueller testify alone, congressman adam schiff, chairman of the second committee holding these hearings tomorrow, schiff also upset about that letter from the department of justice instructing mueller to stick strictly to what is in his report and not go beyond that, said to mueller the letter attempt...