Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwaySpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report George and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE pushed back on claims in a new book that she is the biggest White House leaker, telling Fox News that the accusation was only made in an effort to generate “clicks and kicks.”

Conway, a senior White House adviser, told Fox News on Monday that she had spoken to President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE about the book briefly on Sunday night.

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“He knows, and he has said publicly and privately who the leakers and the liars are and have been, and is very happy that there is a lot less leaking in the White House now,” she told Fox News’s Abby Huntsman, whose father is U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman.



“Do some still exist in the White House?” Huntsman asked.

“Perhaps. But let me just make very clear something that you know, because you are there and have two eyes. If somebody puts ‘Kellyanne interview’ on a chyron [on-screen graphic] in a headline, you get clicks and kicks,” Conway said.



“Leakers get great press,” Conway added later. “And one day, Abby, I will have my say.”



Author Ronald Kessler writes in his new book, “The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game,” that Conway said some of the most “mean, cutting and honestly untrue” things about former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus Reinhold (Reince) Richard PriebusLeaked audio shows Trump touted low Black voter turnout in 2016: report Meadows joins White House facing reelection challenges Trump names Mark Meadows as new chief of staff MORE.

He followed up in a CNN interview on Sunday.

“So if you wonder why there are so many leaks out of the White House, one reason is Kellyanne Conway is the No. 1 leaker,” Kessler told CNN's Jake Tapper during “State of the Union.”

His book also charges that Conway “dissed” Trump’s daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpSpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report Trump, Biden vie for Minnesota Trump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report MORE and her husband Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerAbraham Accords: New hope for peace in Middle East Tenants in Kushner building file lawsuit alleging dangerous living conditions Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing MORE, another White House adviser.

Conway told Huntsman that she has a positive relationship with Ivanka Trump and Kushner and recently dined at the couple’s house.

Kessler’s book is particularly critical of Trump and Kushner, arguing they pushed for the firing of former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE and the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci Anthony ScaramucciFormer DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scaramucci to Lemon: Trump 'doubling down' on downplaying virus 'should scare' viewers Sunday shows - Leaked audio of Trump's sister reverberates MORE as White House communications director.

Scaramucci lasted just 11 days on the job.

Kessler’s book will be released Tuesday.