getting increasingly toxic and poisonous atmosphere of personal destruction in washington and the media. it's always sort of been there but now it's at a whole new level. smart and good people do not want to go into government service. nothing and nobody is ever going to stop me from speaking out on the issues i care about, about the future of this nation. there's also a really bigger point. >> sean: and general flynn. >> this is the bigger point. i was something of the canary in the coal mine, the attack on me was a test. what happened to me, what happened to general flynn, what's happened to attorney general sessions and others is all of a piece. there is a very dangerous and very effective destabilization campaign underway against this president, his administration and his agenda. what i hope that the president and his senior aides understand is that these forces are not just looking to delegitimize him.