reference back to a letter from the outside counsel. i understand but it's also pertaining to a letter from the president's outside counsel, and therefore i can't answer i >> i can't answer it. well, at least today she couldn't, because she was more than happy to answer questions about last august. and nitively. >> can you clarify the degree to which the president -- >> he certainly didn't dictate, but, you know, he, like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion, like any father would do. >> well, of course the problem is, trump did dictate the letter according to trump's legal team, quote, the president dictated a short but accurate response to "the new york times" article on behalf of his son donald trump jr. now, of course, there's the -- whatever you want to call it -- mistruth on dictating or not dictating and then there's the point there, they say it's accurate. the don junior statement itself was that's misleading, it was not accurate.