W.H. on Porter: ‘We All Could Have Done Better in Dealing with This Situation’

ACOSTA: “Let me ask you, if I can follow up on that, because as you were coming out here yesterday, or Sarah Sanders was coming out here yesterday, you were releasing a statement from Rob Porter saying that he took those photographs. That appears to be an acknowledgment that this abuse took place, that he helped document it. How can the White House chief of staff, how can the press secretary, how can this White House still be standing behind him when Mr. Porter appeared to be acknowledging that he had —“
SHAH: “I think it’s fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, or last few days, in dealing with the situation. But you know, this is the Rob Porter that I and many others have dealt with, that Sarah had dealt with, that other officials including the chief of staff had dealt with, and the emerging reports were not reflective of the individual who we had come to know."