wagons around president trump. they've distracted people about the truth involving trump's russia ties and they've done everything possible to destroy faith in robert mueller's probe. and look, hannity won, it worked. you've got to give him credit where it's due. hannity gave a megaphone to the gop congressman who said they had a smoking gun memo, proving a deep state conspiracy against trump. hannity hyped it night after night after night in january, like a human countdown clock. >> we have massive breaking news tonight. the biggest, frankly, we have ever reported on about the russia investigation. and they will make watergate look like an insignificant blimp on your radar. a source is telling me, this is going to all be proven right. i have a message tonight for the special counsel robert mueller. your witch hunt is now over. it is the biggest national scandal by far in our lifetime. what we are uncovering here is far worse than watergate. people need to be held accountable. >> trump reportedly watched that and loved it. and he told aides the memo needed to come out because it would undermine mueller. and on friday, we all saw the con coverage. i