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During the course of the investigation, which is to say no investigation, no crime. this is absolutely typical of what we have with special counsel and independent counsel investigations. they end up as often as not being after people for what happened during the investigation and not so much for the event or the crime or the issue for which the investigation was started in the first place. and that is where we are here in this case. that is also true of the papadopoulos indictment. and also likewise true that the paul manafort and associated charges were about things that happened before the ...

Right, may be a good thing. but it is also giving you an idea of what a wide-ranging and largely unaccountable force a special counsel investigation can be. >> tucker: imagine if mueller decided in the course of this investigation to broaden his aim to uncover the extensive web of foreign influence on our policy, not our elections, but how we make laws and trade deals et cetera. you know from spending your life here that it is extensive. that would be an enormous investigation, would it not be? >> it would be an enormous investigation. i'm not sure what it would find. i'm not sure that i agree...

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Of the 13 indictments of russian individuals that came out last week, it does not add up to very much, not very much money and not as we can tell very much influence. and of course these are 13 individuals who almost will never be prosecuted. they are russians and vladimir putin will not be disposed to extradite them to the united states for mueller's charges. so there we are in that. >> tucker: there we are on that. brit hume, great to see you. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: mueller's investigation shows there is that russia and other countries have been meddling in this country for some time....