John Neely Kennedy: “In fact, you had people call General Garland to lobby him to appoint you, didn't you?”

“You. You asked General Garland to appoint you special counsel, didn't you? I don't think that's accurate. He made the decision to appoint me. You. In fact, you had people call General Garland to lobby him to appoint you, didn't you? I don't recall anything like that. You really wanted to be special counsel, didn't you? I accepted the position as special counsel because I had spent 30 years as a nonpartisan prosecutor.” (01:42–01:49)

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