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>> so we have about 25 of them, all of which were exculpatory, you know, innocent. i don't know, but i -- if it's not in the book, i guarantee you she didn't tell the special prosecutor that. they're not going to soil their case with her. she's 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 don't want to say who. >> you don't want to say because you don't have a name that comes close. >> o...

>> i made a few mistakes like this. >> who? >> i don't want to say who. >> you don't want to say because you don't 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 don't hire this guy. don't 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? >> jared's a very smart guy. >> i'm not saying he's not. there are a lot of smart people that don't have the pedigree to be in the position of powe...

Just don't go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. he's a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldn't 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 it's impossible for people to believe it but you really don't know. i know when a mayor says i didn't know people find it hard ...

Transparent. just don't go out and open themselves up completely. plus i know chris really well. he's a good friend. and in the last couple of weeks he wouldn't 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 it's impossible for people to believe it but you really don't know. i know when a mayor says i didn't know people ...

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 it's impossible for people to believe it but you really don't know. i know when a mayor says i didn't 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 school together. he ran my campaign, got me elected mayor. he probably could do more things on hi...