that didn't sound like it came from orrin hatch. >> kind of like it was written by donald trump. >> or hope hicks or whoever. the actual orrin hatch statement they put out was to the effect of we knew nothing about rob porter's home life and sexual abuse is -- >> well, apparently hatch was led to believe, i think, that he was under some sort of attacks on his character, and they didn't say exactly what it was. and once, i guess, he was told what it was, he actually gave a very appropriate statement. >> i think there's going to be a real interesting backstory here because if i'm the president right now i'm talking to john kelly and saying, tell me what you knew. who kept this information from you if you did not know? why in this atmosphere would you sit on something like this? >> paul? >> well, let's watch him throw the fbi in the grease again. from the reporting, the fbi did their job, right? they did the background check, and they are exhaastive, believe me. i've been through this. they brought the information and it wasn't acted on. remember at the beginning of the