White House press secretary Sean Spicer scolded reporters Tuesday for their persistence in digging into potential links between the Trump campaign and Russian state actors, telling them they’re making connections where there are none:

“ ‘If the president puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russian connection.’ ” — Sean Spicer

At immediate issue was a Washington Post story saying the Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general, from testifying before Congress in a probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Spicer said that the story was “100% false” and that he hoped Yates would testify before the House Intelligence Committee.