“We need an independent media to hold people like me to account. “It’s kind of hard to tell others to have an independent free press when we’re not willing to have one ourselves,” Bush asked. On Russia, Bush added that “we all need answers” about whether Trump campaign officials had contact with Russian officials in the election. Bush said that Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr was an “independent thinker” capable of handling the inquiry. Lauer sought to pin Bush down on his position on Trump’s travel ban, which Bush refused to endorse.

Source: National Post February 27, 2017 17:26 UTC