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>> so we have about 25 of them, all of which were exculpatory, you know, innocent. i dont know, but i -- if its not in the book, i guarantee you she didnt tell the special prosecutor that. theyre not going to soil their case with her. shes a little too much of a kind of far out -- >> another person that the president decided was worth being in the white house and someone to have close. only the best, rudy. only the best. yeah, only the best. >> i made a few mistakes like this. >> who? >> i dont ...

>> i made a few mistakes like this. >> who? >> i dont want to say who. >> you dont want to say because you dont have a name that comes close. >> oh, i do. i have a couple that my staff -- my friend peter powers, now gone, god bless him, told me dont hire this guy. dont hire this guy. and i did, and -- >> you think that the president has brought only the best into the white house? >> yeah, pretty much. jared. >> how does he qualify as the best? >> jareds a very smart guy. >> im not saying hes not...

Just dont go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. hes a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldnt have acted the way he acted if he knew. even if he had some knowledge, an inkling of it, his remarks would have been different kinds of remarks. >> he was belittling reporters who brought it up. >> no way if you knew about it. >> attacking them for even suggesting. >> having run a very complicated administration, sometimes its impossible for people to b...

Transparent. just dont go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. hes a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldnt have acted the way he acted if he knew. even if he had some knowledge, an inkling of it, his remarks would have been different kinds of remarks. >> he was belittling reporters who brought it up. >> no way if you knew about it. >> attacking them for even suggesting. >> having run a very complicated administration, sometimes its impossible fo...

Would have been different kinds of remarks. >> he was belittling reporters who brought it up. >> no way if you knew about it. >> attacking them for even suggesting. >> having run a very complicated administration, sometimes its impossible for people to believe it but you really dont know. i know when a mayor says i didnt know people find it hard to believe. your closest aide or your closest friend. my closest friend was my first deputy mayor peter powers. we went to high school, college and law ...