look, again, this goes back to these were activities that took place outside of the scope of the campaign. i can t comment on anything they did are these the best people to hire? look, the presidential hired paul manafort to handle the delegate process, which he did, and he was dismissed not too long after that. sarah, just to follow up on the point of hiring the best people, the top, top people. does this not at the very least raise questions about president trump s vetting process and judgment when it comes to bringing on these people? i don t believe so. paul manafort was chairman of the campaign, by the way. after campaigning on the promise of, as you heard, hiring the best people, the trump administration is now publicly, as you saw, downplaying the connections and importance of people like manafort, gates, and papadopoulos. washington post opinion author michael gerson, famously the former speechwriter for bush 43, wrote today, to what circle of