>> what i said is it's quite normal. >> you were in the bush administration in 2006 and you remember when the bush administration dismissed seven u.s. attorneys in the middle of a term which is highly unusual and amid accusations. >> you're bluffing. >> no, i'm not bluffing. i'm asking you. what is the difference and you would say. >> you're bluffing. >> -- george w. bush was one by one disabling the things. >> no one has to read the book but they do have to read it before they tell me what i said. what i said is it is quite normal for u.s. administration to replace u.s. attorneys when they come in. what is abnormal is the interrogation of the incoming class. what is abnormal is to say it is the trump justice department and telling the appointees they owe personal loyalty to the president. steve: don't interrupt. >> president obama when he hired u.s. attorneys, i appointed you but you do not work for him. donald trump asked the director,