Stelter to Conway: You’re Spreading Misinformation When You Say the Trump Dossier’s Unverified
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STELTER: "I think it’s laudable that he’s taking questions from the press. You know it’s disturbing having a president trying to meddle in the Department of Justice. Have you counseled him to stop doing that?"
CONWAY: "Look at the full quote. He said I’d like the Justice Department to run itself. That means he’s not interfering and meddling. He has expressed consternation publicly for a very long time. The fact that the Department of Justice and the FBI don’t seem interested in both sides of the so-called collusion coin."
STELTER: "Is he going to replace Jeff Sessions?"
CONWAY: "No. That’s not what he’s saying at all."
STELTER: "He’s disappointed. He wants them to do it differently."
CONWAY: "You want me to go on tape saying he will never replace X or so and so will be here all 8 years. I’m not going to do that because it’s silly. You guys always want to know who’s up and who’s down and the American people care that the stock market is up and unemployment is down. To this point we’ve got multiple investigations through Mr. Mueller, through congressional Senate committees and CNN itself has been so hot on Russia, Russia, Russia, on the dossier. CNN’s been obsessed with this dossier over a year now and now that we know the DNC and Clinton campaign paid the same firm for said dossier which is completely unverified, we can’t get you excited."
STELTER: "That’s misinformation that you’re spreading on my program and I don’t appreciate it. Much of the dossier — you said the entire dossier is unverified."
CONWAY: "It has not been verified. But the important —"
STELTER: "The dossier has been verified and when you say it’s unverified, you mislead the American people. Carter Page confirmed another part of the dossier Friday."
CONWAY: "Don’t start with that. You know that entire dossier has not been verified and yet the interest in covering — "
STELTER: "Parts of it have not been verified. Parts have been verified."
