(CNN) Early in Mike Pompeo's confirmation hearing as Secretary of State on Thursday, this exchange happened between the current CIA director and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez regarding a reported meeting in March 2017 between President Donald Trump, Pompeo and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats:

Menendez: "What did President Trump say to you and Director Coats in that meeting?

Pompeo: Senator, I'm not gonna talk about the conversations with the President I had. I think -- I think it's in this setting appropriate for a President to have an opportunity to talk with his senior leaders. I'll do that throughout the day. But I will tell you this, the article's suggestion that he asked me to do anything that was improper is false.

Menendez: Did he ask you to do anything as it relates to that investigation?

Pompeo: Senator, I don't recall I don't recall what he asked me that day precisely, but I have to tell you, I'm with the president an awful lot. He's never asked me to do anything that I considered remotely improper."

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