Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway attempted to explain why she once denied that the Trump campaign communicated with Russia, despite a New York Times report that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer.

The New York Times on Sunday reported that Trump Jr. was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign.

That was the topic of an interview Monday morning between Conway and “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos, who began the interview by playing a clip of a December 2016 interview where Conway denied that Trump campaign officials met with Russians during the campaign.

“Who misled you, and why did Don Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort allow those denials to stand for so many months?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“These were vague and ambiguous statements. Don Jr. was not aware of the lawyer’s name before he got there, and the conversation quickly changed to what seemed to be the entire purpose of the meeting for that woman, which was Russian adoption. No information was received that was meaningful or helpful, and no action was taken.”

Stephanopoulos continued to press Conway, asking, “Why did the administration allow these denials to stand for so many months?”

Conway said Trump Jr. made “very clear that no information that was meaningful and helpful was gained from this,” she said. “We have many different meetings in the campaign, and some of them are unhelpful and not particularly meaningful.”

Conway later appeared in a 35-minute interview on CNN, where she clashed with reporter Chris Cuomo.

“Let’s focus on what did not happen in that meeting,” Conway said, adding there was “no action taken. Nothing.”

Trump Jr. admitted to the meeting, which occurred on June 9, 2016, at Trump Tower with lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

“After pleasantries were exchanged,” Trump Jr. said in a statement to The Times, “the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton. Her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”

A spokesman for President Trump, Mark Corallo, said: “the president was not aware of and did not attend the meeting.”