Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170530:23:37:00
Just the way mr. spicer said. >> what would you call this if not a back channel? what's the word you would use, general? >> a back channel actually has a legitimate place in diplomacy. back channels are not conducted by nongovernments, and the trump transition team wasn't a government, so i would not give it that label, which gives it some sense of legitimacy. >> so sources tell cnn that russian government officials discussed having what they say could have been derogatory information. those are their words, on trump. one source saying it could be financial in nature. what do you make of this?...