David Gergen actually said...

"If he was Don Jr. or what Don Jr. did was totally appropriate not to call the FBI, even though he was approached by someone saying they were representing the Russian government."

"You have an affirmative obligation to call the FBI."

"It's one of the reasons to keep an eye on these polls. Ordinarily at this stage, you'd say, well, there are so many months out. They're useless."

"But that's what we thought he was going to do on China. You know, we did not he would let go this far, that he would find a compromise and work his way out of this, and now, here we are, what amounts ..."