"I would like you to say right here on national TV that you were not a source for The New York Times."
This was the first part of the question. He'll claim that this is what he was referring to. The whole fucking fake McCain shit is a setup. Crafty, but we see your BULLSHIT!
Perhaps, but that's not my point. I explained my post poorly. The View/Meghan McCain are wanting us to think he is saying "No" to being the NYT leaker. Sure, perhaps he wasn't and he leaked somewhere else. Regardless, he crafty response to Meghan's curious and written question could easily be a reponse not to the leaker question but to the suggestion that [he] "say right here on national TV that [he was] not a source for The New York Times." Obfuscating his response may come in handy legally. He could be accused of lying, but then he would say that he wasn't actually responding to the question of being a leaker but to the suggestion that he would even respond. He's top FBI and knows very well about interrogation. Crafty little fucker and it seems like Meghan McCain was in on the whole thing while reading off some sheet that he probably handed her beforehand.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/19/jesse-jackson-on-jussie-smollett-case-dont-put-due-process-on-recess/
"Jesse Jackson On Jussie Smollett Case: ‘Don’t Put Due Process On Recess’"
Oxymoron (n.) ex. "Honest Lawyer"
Y's and red carpets…and this pusher of the empowered angry entitled African queen.