clinton investigation but also the other responsibilities of running the bureau, i tried to serve as his sort of good counsel, his eyes and ears, so i tried to keep both a macro view of all the various things happening at the fbi but also keep my ear to the ground with respect to various investigative steps and what was coming next. >> one of the things you described in the interview you did earlier this month with daily beast was that you were aware in the context of that investigation that everything that everybody did that had anything to do with that investigation was going to be very closely scrutinized and was going to be something that was obviously going to be inherently controversial. when it came to the decision to make public disclosures about the status of that investigation, director comey criticizing secretary clinton even as he was announcing there weren't going to be prosecutions, did you have any role in that or did you have strong feelings about that at the time? >> i did. i did. i was definitely part of the group of people who director comey was consulting in terms of what to do. and ultimately i largely supported his decision. this was not a typical investigation.