Watch Former Republican Senator SHUT DOWN Biased CNN Host!

Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) was one of 44 ex-members of the upper chamber to put his name to an open letter which ran in the Washington Post Tuesday — in defense of Robert Mueller‘s probe.

Simpson was invited on CNN’s New Day to discuss the letter — which was, in part, a call for civility. (“During our service in the Senate, at times we were allies and at other times opponents, but never enemies.”) But in his chat with Alisyn Camerota, the former Wyoming Senator exhibited little.

The tension began when Camerota asked Simpson about comments from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) — who said “I don’t care” about President Donald Trump‘s suspected campaign finance crimes.

“Oh, I don’t want to get into that kind of stuff,” Simpson said. “I can tell you one thing that would solve everything. Now, you want to hear this: Every U.S. Senator who goes to the Judiciary Committee should have a full FBI investigation from birth until they go on the committee. That’ll take care of a lot of this crap.”