Sarah Sanders actually said...

"I think that the president, the point he's trying to make is that the clear purpose of the Russia investigation is to review Russia's meddling in the election and that that should be the focus of the ..."

"It's supposed to be on Russian meddling. This whole investigation is on that. That would be outside the scope."

"It seems silly that we would disclose a dinner that we had already announced he was participating in."

"The president wants to be focused on his agenda and he'd much rather be talking about health care, tax reform, infrastructure, national security."