Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer Tom SteyerTV ads favored Biden 2-1 in past month Inslee calls Biden climate plan 'perfect for the moment' OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump administration finalizes plan to open up Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling | California finalizes fuel efficiency deal with five automakers, undercutting Trump | Democrats use vulnerable GOP senators to get rare win on environment MORE said his oldest son advised him to not be "a snitch" after the billionaire was privy to a heated conversation between Sens. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenBiden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon MORE (D-Mass.) around her claim that Sanders said a woman could not be elected president.



Steyer's story comes more than a week after the seventh Democratic debate that was most remembered for Warren confronting Sanders immediately after the event. Warren accused Sanders of calling her a liar on national television as Steyer looked on.

“That recording that you got didn’t come out for a couple of days, so I was asked over and over and over what they were saying to each other, which of course I could hear,” Steyer told anchors Ed Henry and Sandra Smith on Fox News's "America's Newsroom."



“But I also felt like it was a private conversation they were having, and my son ... my oldest son texted me within two minutes and he said, ‘Dad, whatever you do, don’t be a snitch,’" the hedge fund executive continued.





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"And I just thought, you know what, that’s their issue. I’m just saying goodnight," he said.Steyer, 62, is currently polling at 2.1 percent in the RealClearPolitics index of polls, placing him eighth overall and 26.8 percentage points behind national front-runnerAudio of the moment obtained by CNN from the debate the network had broadcast one night earlier revealed that Warren had said Sanders appeared to have called her a liar on national television. Sanders replied that he did not want to discuss the issue at that time.During the debate, Sanders said he never said at a December 2018 meeting with Warren that a woman could not be elected president. Warren said he had and that she disagreed during the conversation.The first major contest of the primary season will be the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.