(CNN) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher thinks the continued media coverage of alleged meetings between associates of Donald Trump and various Russian entities has been vastly overblown. And he made that abundantly clear on Thursday evening.

"This is so much to do about nothing, that it's just incredible," said the Republican from California.

"This is so much to do about nothing, that it's just incredible" @DanaRohrabacher on undisclosed meetings w Russia https://t.co/4z1O62LHuD — OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) June 1, 2017

The comments came as part of a fiery and feisty interview with CNN's Erin Burnett , during which the host pressed her guest.

"What I'm asking you is if it wasn't sinister, why didn't they tell us about it?" wondered Burnett, referencing Rohrabacher's insistence that any unreported meetings were more honest oversight and less intentional deception.

"We don't know if it was sinister or not ... all we know is that there was a failure to disclose meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting," she said.

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