White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that she couldn’t say one way or another whether President Donald Trump had asked then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe whom he voted for.
“I wasn’t in the room, I don’t know what was discussed,” she said at a press briefing Wednesday. “I know he didn’t ask me. I can tell you that.”
Sanders was responding to a reporter’s question about multiple reports that Trump asked McCabe who he voted for, shortly after the President fired James Comey from his position as FBI director, while McCabe was acting director.
“Look, the President and Andrew McCabe have had limited and pretty non-substantive conversations,” she said. “I can’t get into the details of what was discussed. I wasn’t there. There are widespread reports of his retirement. We’re making sure that we’re focused on the FBI and DOJ is serving all Americans fairly and efficiently. And we’re going to move forward from there.”
“It’s not the leading story that most Americans care about,” she added later in the press briefing.
On CNN on Wednesday, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel did not discount that Trump could have asked McCabe about his vote. (McCabe reportedly told Trump he hadn’t voted.)
“I don’t know, I ask people who they vote for sometimes,” McDaniel said. “I think it’s just trying to get to know somebody, I don’t think the intentions are as bad as are being put out.”
This part I believe, pretty much in general.
The WH can’t say?? The WH doesn’t know??
Well, color me surprised
More specifically, "WH WON’T Say Whether Trump Asked Acting FBI Director About His Vote
This has to be the first time in recorded history that SHS has not commented on an issue simply because she wasn’t in the room and didn’t know what was discussed.
And the situational context is identical so your experience is determinative.
All I want to know is if Trump tried to rip McCabe’s arm out of its socket when they shook hands.