“There were six of us in the room. I haven’t heard any of those six sources — other than Sen. Durbin talk about what was said,”
“In 2013, Senator Durbin also made the same accusation against a Republican leader in a meeting with President Obama, and said that it was – he chewed out the president, it was so disrespectful to President Obama, we couldn’t even have the meeting.”
“That’s what he [Durbin] said in 2013. Later that day, the president’s own press secretary came out and said, and I quote, it did not happen. This is about a gross misrepresentation. It’s not the first time.”