Reporter: The State Department briefed our colleagues that President Trump was critical in getting this deal over the line [ceasefire/hostage deal]. Do you not agree with that statement?

Jean-Pierre: I'm not going to speak to a random person.

Reporter: It's one of your colleagues.

Jean-Pierre: I don't know who this person is. What I can say is there are steps that were taken here, that is really important and critical, and that started with [Biden] starting a framework that was agreed upon by the world back in May.

Reporter: Why is it that you seem unwilling to extend any credit to Trump for this deal? Couldn't he have just have said, 'hold off until I'm in office'?

Jean-Pierre: What we know to be true, what we know this process; how it has moved over the past eight months, this is a deal that happened under the framework that [Biden] put forward and was endorsed by the world.

Reporter: We've heard variations of that answer in the briefing, but I'm wondering if you'll just say your view, which seems to be that Trump gets no credit.

Jean-Pierre: I've shared my view. I don't have anything else to share.

[Biden had nothing to do with the deal; it was President Trump who got it done]