“I think you’ll see there’s nothing there,” he said in his full comments since last week, amid new developments including the appointment of a special counsel on the matter.
“I have no regrets about what my attorney told me to do. It’s exactly what we do,” he added. “It’s not there.” remarked after observing the flood damage here, meeting with small business owners, and seeing some of the affected sites, but initially expressed displeasure with the question.
“To answer your question, this is the deal. Frankly what bothers me is what we’re talking about here, what’s going on,” he said. said. “And Americans don’t quite understand why you don’t ask me about it.”
He told the staff to hold on while he responded.
“Look, we found a handful of documents that were filed in the wrong place, and immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Department of Justice,” he continued. “We are fully cooperating and look forward to a speedy resolution of this.”
