you're giving the president some comfort, and he said, you know, he was somewhat vindicated, if you will. you'll understand how all of this looks and why it's causing such an uproar. >> i do. i completely do. this information that i had long before mr. trump even made these statements. so, look, if i really wanted to, i could have snuck on to the grounds late at night and probably no one ever see me, but i wasn't trying to hide. in fact, i stopped to talk to several people along the way. >> by holding the meeting on the white house grounds, it makes it appear that someone in the administration was coordinating the release of this information to you. is that not the case. >> that's not the case. like i said, this is something i've been working for a long time and i had to find a way for me to access the information, because we couldn't get the information down to the committee&this was, you know, a way i could facility me getting