On Friday, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) sat down with KQED Newsroom to lament the Republicans’ so-called effort to “shut down,” Capitol Hill’s Russia investigation.  Video credit: KQED News https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=VPUJD9HR-Xg When asked why there are no witnesses scheduled for the probe in January, Speier replied, “well, we can read between the lines, I think there is a rush to try and shut this committee investigation down.” “This week was a great example, three interviews simultaneously, one of them actually off the Hill with someone who comes to Washington frequently but wanted to do it now and so we were actually off the Hill doing the interview, had to race back to vote….this is a circus at this point,” added Speier.