Johnson: "These things were delivered to our office -- I didn't know they were coming. I had no hand in it. My staff -- my chief of staff did the right thing, he called up the vice president. He didn't want it, we didn't send it to him. End of story."
Raju: "Why did you just deliver that to the vice president without vetting it or asking more questions about it?"
Johnson: "I didn't deliver it. We called them up. We called them up. He didn't want it. We didn't deliver it. End of story."
Raju: "But why did you even offer it without vetting it?"
Johnson: "We got handed an envelope that was supposed to go to the vice president, I didn't know. So we called, we called up the vice president, he didn't want it. We didn't deliver it. It's a non-story -- guys this is such a non-story."
Reporter: "Was that the first you had heard of it when you received the envelope?"
Johnson: "Yeah."
Reporter: "And who, do you remember who gave it to you?"
Johnson: "No, it was a staff-to-staff deal. I mean, it apparently had Michigan and Wisconsin. I had no hand in any of it. Again, this, this, this lasted a couple minutes in our office. Then the episode was over. And this -- guys it's a total non-story."
Raju: "Are you gonna ask your aides about who this person was? Have you asked--"
Johnson: "We didn't know -- literally don't -- it was a staff to staff -- somebody from the House, some staff intern, you know, said we got to, the vice president needs this or whatever. I wasn't involved. I don't know what they said. But, but, but somebody from the House delivered to a staff member in my office, my chief of staff called the vice president, 'hey, we got this.' And the vice president said 'don't deliver it,' and we didn't."
Raju: "Are you curious about the identity of this person? Do you want to ask about it?"
Johnson: "No. No, because there's no conspiracy here. This is a complete non-story, guys. Complete non-story."