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Questions. you and i both know that's not an accurate statement. you and i both know i answered the majority of their questions. and what i said was anything that pertains to the campaign, the white house has allowed me to answer. anything that's in the mueller report, i've been allowed to answer. anything that pertains to private conversations with the president or his senior staff, the white house has asked that i exert the privilege so that if they choose to use it, it has been preserved. so please don't mischaracterize and say i didn't answer the majority of their questions. you and i both...

I don't think this was about investigators. i think it was about influence on the outside. your take? >> okay. now there's a number of issues here. first of all acosta comes out today and says it was a different time. what was it 1908. this was 2008. in 2008, did you let child molesters get away? was that the time we were living in? no. that was the worst excuse i have ever heard. and then he blames it on state prosecutors. state prosecutors came out and said absolute lie, not remotely true. we're not talking about the fbi here, dave. i know you republicans hate the fbi and the -- >> i don't h...

>> you had a different perspective -- >> dave, let's go. >> are you asking do you believe -- >> i don't. i don't think this was about investigators. i think it was about influence on the outside. your take? >> okay. now there's a number of issues here. first of all acosta comes out today and says it was a different time. what was it 1908. this was 2008. in 2008, did you let child molesters get away? was that the time we were living in? no that was the worst excuse. and then he blames it on state prosecutors. state prosecutors came out and said absolute lie, not remotely true. we're not talking...

The oval ofls afice and he madee news about susan rice as well as his defense of bill o'reilly who is currently under quite a bit of intense scrutiny for a $13 million -- it's revealed $13 million has been paid out over the years to five separate women who have filed complaints against him, most of which were sexual harassment complaints. >> reporter: right, a couple headlines there. to the last point that you raised, katy, the president defending bill o'reilly. let me read the quote that he says so i don't mischaracterize what he said. he said, i think he's a person i know well. he's a good p...

These leaks are coming from the trump team. >> obviously we're not commenting on private conversations in that way. we give a readout to the media on most conversations. but we don't release transcripts and certainly don't mischaracterize them as some have. we're not leaking. >> so who is leaking? >> well -- >> now, let me say, you have lived very well from leaks. >> i've received a few. >> you've got some books that kind of based -- what's interesting about "game change" is these were people who were leaking to you temporarily, in that you were writing the book during the campaign. they were ...