Stephanopoulos Grills Sarah Sanders Over Comey Lie: ‘That’s a Deliberate, False Statement’

EXCERPT:

STEPHANOPOULOS: " That’s not a slip of the tongue, Sarah. That’s a deliberate, false statement."
HUCKABEE SANDERS: "Actually, if you look at what I said, I said a slip of the tongue was in using the word 'countless', but there were a number of FBI, both former and current, that agreed with the President’s decision and they’ve continued to speak out and say that and send notice to the White House of that agreement with the President’s decision. James Comey was a disgraced leaker and used authorization to spy on the Trump campaign despite the fact there was no evidence of collusion. I stand by the fact, George —"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "Sarah, hold on a second. The Special Counsel writes that those comments were not founded on anything. That’s what you talked to the special counsel about when you were facing criminal penalties if you didn’t tell the truth, but now you’re trying to walk away from it. Why can’t you acknowledge that what you said then was not true?"
HUCKABEE SANDERS: "I said that the word I used, 'countless', and I also said that if you look in what’s in quotations from me, it’s that and that it was in the heat of moment, meaning that it wasn’t a scripted talking point. I’m sorry that I wasn’t a robot like the Democratic Party that went out for two and a half years and stated time and time again that there was definitely Russian collusion between the President and his campaign, that they had evidence to show it, and that the President and his team deserved to be in jail, that he shouldn’t be in office, when really they were the ones that were creating the greatest scandal in the history of our country. That wasn't me. I stand by the fact that —"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "In fact, Sarah, what you did — Sarah, hold on a second. I let you speak. What you did repeat time and time again is that statement. You said that countless FBI officials came to you. You repeated it on separate days, on separate occasions, and this was not the only instance the Special Counsel reported.” 

(via Mediaite)