An oversight hearing of the FBI on Wednesday largely turned into a proxy fight over the Nov. 8 presidential election, with Director James B. Comey defending his agency.

“You can call us wrong but don’t call us weasels,” Comey told the House Judiciary Committee when asked about criticism of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of State. “We are not weasels, we are honest people.”

Republicans questioned Comey on the FBI’s investigation and recommendation to not prosecute the Democratic presidential nominee, something they have pressed for since the director announced his decision in July.

Democrats called the questions pure political maneuvering, but asked Comey if the FBI is probing whether a foreign policy adviser of GOP nominee Donald Trump was communicating with Russian officials about possibly lifting economic sanctions if he becomes president.

Comey mainly stuck to two themes: defending the FBI’s investigation on Clinton, and not commenting on whether the FBI is investigating Trump. He said it wasn’t fair to imply that the FBI was dishonest or conducted the Clinton investigation unprofessionally.