clinton e-mail thing was done, too. they also felt micromanaged by this. they felt that every step they took had to be cleared by main justice and they didn't like that. so i think that's some of what's reflected in this story. >> but pete, obviously, the dpg you're talking about occurs all the time. but the concern that some have, and the trump campaign is raising is, is it possible that the motives had to do with politics, that loretta lynch or anyone else in the justice department, the deputy attorney general, trying to protect the democrats. is there any indication that that claim is being made by anyone in the fbi? >> well, sure. i mean, it's being made by some people in the fbi, by some street agents, who are upset by how this is being run. and a lot of people outside the fbi are upset by it. but i don't think it's a widely held view in the fbi that it's politics. >> okay. pete williams, nbc news, pete, thank you very much. >> you bet.