head, and certainly never returned to the white house exception with a few phone calls and very little contact with the white house. >> white house press secretary sara sanders is taking an opposite task. >> following the same practice that many white houses before us have that have gone back decades that there is a process you go through, the congress should consult with the white house prior prior to obtaining confidential material. executive privilege is something that goes back decades because something that needs to be protected. >> seems like mixed messages. joining me tonight is cnn