Gerry Connolly actually said...

this really is a, you know, in a way, a constitutional crisis if this is going to be the position of the administration or any administratio...

There has to be a remedy that's accessible and transparent to address that and correct it; otherwise, your whole investigation is tainted if...

All of those facts add up to this being a partisan and political investigation.

Republicans had already investigated the Maxwell claim and only found evidence against it.