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Paul manafort to manage the delegate process and he was dismissed not long after that. >> manafort was the presidents campaign chairman. he was responsible for making sure that he emerged with the nomination and he did. while they do pertain to his personal business dealings range from 2006 to 2017. thats this year. including the time he held a top job on the trump campaign. it is a pretty terrible day for the white house when your best defense that your campaign manager was a bad guy for a long...

Nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the presidents campaign or campaign activity. the real scandal has everything to do with the clinton campaign, fusion, gps and russia. weve been saying since day one theres no evidence of trump/russia collusion. >> you promised to hire only the best people. is this an example of the best people to hire? >> look, this goes back to activities that took place outside of the scope of the campaign. i cant comment on anything they did. >> are th...

>> look, again, this goes back to these were activities that took place outside of the scope of the campaign. i cant comment on anything they did -- >> are these the best people to hire? >> look, the presidential hired paul manafort to handle the delegate process, which he did, and he was dismissed not too long after that. >> sarah, just to follow up on the point of hiring the best people, the top, top people. does this not at the very least raise questions about president trumps vetting process...

Unclear if thats going to change moving forward with moves on trying to get tax reform done which is the big -- the big legislative accomplishment, really the only one that republicans on capitol hill said that they care about at this point, but certainly not a good sign for this white house to see those numbers. >> thats how sarah sanders led the briefing with talk about tax reform and knowa analogy acknowledging beer and taxes and were all talking about the big news from today. what did you ma...

People to hire? >> secretary sanders: this goes back to these being activities that took place outside this scope of the campaign. >> reporter: were these the best people to hire? >> secretary sanders: the president hired paul manafort to handle the delegate process, which he did. he was dismissed not long after that. >> reporter: last week the administration opposed of federal judges decision to allow an undocumented woman to have an abortion. does that set a dangerous precedent going forward? ...

>> secretary sanders: he responded the same way the rest of us in the white house have, thats without a lot of reaction because this doesnt have anything to do with us. >> reporter: we are talking about two of the most senior members of the campaign who are now under federal indictment. >> secretary sanders: for something outside of the campaign. >> reporter: doesnt it speak to the presidents judgment that he would choose to have these two individuals in very high positions having allegedly comm...

To hire only the best people? is this an example of the best people to hire? >> this goes back to, these were ago stivties that took place outside the scope of the campaign. i cant comment on anything they did -- >> the president hired paul manafort, to handle the delegate process, which he did, and he was dismissed not too long after that. >> sarah, last week the administration opposed the federal judges decision that forbid a teen to have an abortion. shes had an abortion. does it set a danger...

Before the campaign. and also, as weve seen from them before, trying to young play his role in the campaign, saying he was really just involved in the delegate process, he did that, and then he left. your take on what we heard from sarah sanders? >> i think, chris, you outlined the overall strategy that were seeing here, at the white house. which is to try to distance the president, his campaign from these indictments and from the actions of george papadopoulos, who has now plead guilty to misle...

Experienced republican hand who had spent the last several years doing stuff that people were unsure about. involving foreign clients. but his back ground was as somebody who understood the delegate process, the convention ruse and he was supposed to fix things. >> he was also the personer at the trump tower. he was there with don jr., with all the russians when they were supposed the show up with aull these documents that incriminated hillary clinton. so he was a key person in this whole russia...

Who got big dollars for his wifes political run from hillary clinton and her representatives? drain the swamp. his netflix documentary "get me roger stone" centered around the former trump campaign adviser who first introduced manafort and trump back in the 80s. if you have not seen it, heres a clip. >> trump asked me to get involved because my reputation, among other things in politics, is understanding of the convention process, the delegate process and most of the major successful big convent...