annoying and humiliating that is. but you know, that's, that's what he subjected people through for four years. >> it's also after a life of public service. there's, i'm sure a lot of people in your position could have long ago gone to a law firm or gone to do other work that would have been far more, you know, fbinancially rewarding. you were serving the public. does your settlement with the justice department admit any kind of political influence on their part of your firing? because it was obviously jeff sessions under pressure putting doj under pressure. the ripple effects of that. >> absolutely. this was clearly an act of vindication against a perceived political enemy, which wasn't even true, but that's what they did. the president demanded this and jeff sessions complied and the rest of the department of justice complied as well. inspector general delivered a truncated, rushed, unfair report that left out material evidence.