so, listen, you said this doesn't vindicate the president but comey is feeling like it vindicates him, certainly, right? >> he's acting like it. i think that tweet showed a little bit of chutzpah, as my people say. i think he was reaching there. look, he did wrong. there is no getting around he did wrong. it's not on par with the president demanding loyalty and trying to shut things down. he took information about an ongoing case and tried to leak it through a friend. by the way, why would he give it to an outsider. a friend to give to the media. we saw the clip. to me that shows he knew he was doing something wrong. he may have had good motivations but you still have to follow the rules, especially when you're the director of the fbi. >> let's talk more about vindication with a slap on the wrist. go ahead, shawn. sorry. >> no, no, listen, don, i agree with elie that he did wrong and people are going to judge him for what he did. the american public has every right to judge james comey for his efforts to take and preserve and turn these documents over. and that's -- there's no