And I'm giving you the opportunity to be honest here because you've been really walking around the edges and not being truthful. So did he ask you the question, can he trust you? And your answer was, he told me He could not trust me, and I told him if he could not trust me, he could fire me. For the record, it's just been reported that Senator Mullen told reporters that he was mistaken in saying that the RFK Manores meeting was recorded. (05:51–05:58)
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Asserts that [Secretary Kennedy] expressed distrust in [Susan Monarez], and she offered to be fired if not trusted.
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