Former Bill Clinton operative turned Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos grilled Donald Trump about his campaign against the wife of his old boss. The businessman brought up Stephanopoulos’s shady connections, including $75,000 in secret donations to the Clinton Foundation.

The journalist demanded, “When you look back over the sweep of this campaign going back to last June is there anything you regret?” Trump shot back: “I'd love to have done, in life, certain things over I guess. And you would have too.” The candidate added, “You would love to have not contributed to the Clinton Foundation as an example. There are things you wish you didn't do. Okay?”

After Stephanopoulos tried to spin press bias as free media, this exchange followed:

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: At the same time, you were the beneficiary of a billion dollars in free media during the primaries. DONALD TRUMP: I don't know if you call it a billion dollars, free, when it's bad. What it should really be, what they should be talking about is WikiLeaks and the horrible things that have come out about Hillary Clinton. The horrible things. STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's stick on this election idea.

In June of 2015, another such contentious exchange occurred. The real estate businessman began by calling Clinton's e-mail controversy "scandalous." Trump paused, remembering who he was talking to. The candidate derided, "Of course, you shouldn't be talking to me about that, in all fairness. You shouldn't be asking me those questions, but I don't mind."

A partial transcript of Thursday’s segment, which aired at 7:07AM ET on October 27, follows:

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