some kind of disgruntle employee but he's trying to affect his legacy in the public eye. i have to say just one final thing how we all have to sort of sit back and think how extraordinary it is, the former director of this large police law enforcement agency is calling the president of the united states somebody he thought of as a mafia boss on the one hand and the president responding calling him a slime ball. this kind of interaction between these kinds of people, it's really a bad show for democracy. totally unseeingly. chris: jonah, your thoughts about the come by book, both the facts and his characterization of the president? >> yeah, i largely agree with chuck. it would be outrageous for the former fbi director to sit on damming news so he could monetize it a year after he's fired. if he had anything truly damming