Vice President Mike Pence says he's "100 percent confident" that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump's leadership.
Pence tells Sunday's edition of CBS' "Face the Nation" that he hasn't polled staffers about the opinion piece because "I know them. I know their character."
The vice president says his aides are as dedicated as he is to advancing Trump's agenda.
Pence also says he hasn't been asked for an interview by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He says he's willing to sit down with Mueller if asked.
Pence adds that he has cooperated with all requests for information from the special counsel and will continue to.
“I would” talk to Mueller, Pence said when asked if he'd agree to an interview with investigators. “I would be more than willing to continue to provide any and all support in that. And we have outside counsel that will advise me accordingly.”
Pence stressed that the special investigation hasn’t been a focus of his while he’s been in office.
“And it's not the president's focus,” he said. “I mean the reason why we're making the progress that we're making all across this country, rebuilding our military, restoring America's strength in the world, seeing the opportunity for peace emerge on the Korean Peninsula..."
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