his fate and avoiding questions about president trump. this after senators from both parties say gorsuch told them in private he found the president's remarks criticizing the federal judge's lg a challenge to the immigration's immigration ban demoralizing and disheartening. attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing. >> reporter: today meeting with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss the nomination to the high court, the president denying gorsuch ever criticized him. >> his comments were misrepresented. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer went further insisting over and over that gorsuch was talking in general term and not direct recalling out the president. >> the judge is clear he was not commenting on any specific matter, right, and asked about