bu we felt it was very important to understand that mr. comey's come here today not just as a former fbi director but as someone part of the political process. >> that's interesting because james comey is now a private citizen. he is not running for anything. so we often see negative campaign ads, but you are attacking someone who, as you say, was widely respected as the head of the fbi. what is your goal here? before his senate testimony to try to tarnish him somehow? >> not really. it's just to understand that you have to look at it through the prism of he inserted himself into a political process. there is a lot going on during the election. that needs to be said. it is much like -- again, i don't think testimonies should complain about it when they ran an add against general pa tray yus. from our standpoint, the