Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maher.

We're on overtime, Matt Welch. You grew up with the champ.

I did not grow up with the champ, but I know someone who whose father was a

taught sang language. I just be adding growth to the champ.

And that's not nice to talk about my brothers that way.

All right. Hey, I'm repaired my relationship with my cousins tonight.

Congressman, I'm chef. Do you trust your Republican congressional counterparts

to impartially investigate the Trump administration?

To impartially investigate? Yes, do you trust your Republican counterparts?

Great question. I think they're serious about it.

I think in particular we have a new Republican lead,

my con way from Texas, who is determined to work in a nonpartisan way.

So I'm optimistic.

Is that right? I am, you know, I can say they don't seem that way on TV.

They don't seem, they're talking points seem to be more of what we were talking about there.

Like nothing to see here. And you know, everybody investigates everybody.

And the president's under attack. Let him do his job.

So you think behind closed doors, you hear something different?

Yes, in my conversations with my new Republican lead, he assures me.

He is determined to fall the facts wherever they lead.

He wants this done in a strictly nonpartisan fashion.

And I think he has helped us get back on track after we had the whole blow up

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