don. this is from rod shaw, white house press, principal deputy press secretary. as you see here, here what he said. "the president has enormous respect for thousands of rank and file fbi agents who make up the world's most professional and talented law enforcement agency. he believes politically motivated senior leaders, including former fbi director comey and others he empowered, have tainted the agency's reputation for unbiased pursuit of justice. the president appointed chris ray because he is a man of true character and integrity and the right choice to clean up the misconduct at the highest levels of the fbi and give the rank and file confidence in their leadership. so there you see the statement, don, clearly the white house isn't denying this reporting that wray felt pressure, the fbi director felt pressure from the attorney general sessions. and was upset about it. the white house not denying that. it's up clear, parts of this unclear in terms of that he had -- he was the right choice to clean up the misconduct at the highest levels of the fbi. it seems a