Everything that Paul did for the campaign was one less thing I had to do.ĬOOPER: That's a small number of the items we could have put together there. KELLYANNE CONWAY, TRUMP ADVISOR: Paul Manafort remains as our chairman.ĭONALD TRUMP, JR., SON OF DONALD TRUMP: Paul Manafort.ĬOREY LEWANDOWSKI, FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN: Bringing a professional on like Paul helped us grow the campaign, and we need 10 more of this. TRUMP: I brought Paul in because a very, very smart friend of mine who knew him very well has said he is fantastic. He helped us get through the primary process.ĭ. Paul Manafort just came on, he's great.ĮRIC TRUMP, SON OF DONALD TRUMP: Paul is amazing. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS) DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have fantastic people. "Keeping Them Honest", that is not the way he was described at the time by the people close to then-candidate Trump, but also Mr. SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: There's been discussion of Paul Manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time.ĬOOPER: Sean Spicer trying to minimize Paul Manafort's role. Here's the tweet, quote, "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process." That is not however what the FBI and NSA said at all, and Director Comey said so.Īnd this isn't true either - what Sean Spicer said today about the campaign's former chairman.
Even while the hearing was unfolding, the White House was selectively live- tweeting the hearings.īut "Keeping Them Honest", one of their tweets describing testimony by the FBI director was flat-out false and they still have yet to correct the record. There's a lot to cover over the next two hours, but one of the oddest aspects of today was how the White House responded to what was by nearly all definitions a pretty bad day for the president. Two months into his presidency and a little more than two weeks since his Saturday slew of tweets accusing President Obama of spying on him, a sitting president of the United States was rebuked publicly by a sitting FBI director and the head of the NSA - rebuked in the wiretap claims, rebuked on the suggestion British intelligence was involved, rebuked on the notion that Trump associates are now in the clear on possible ties with Russia during the election. This was by any measure a remarkable day.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And good evening from Washington. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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