Trump made the suggestion that he might revive the sort of “fireside chats” popularized by Franklin D. Roosevelt in an interview Thursday with the Washington Examiner in which he defended his ask of Zelensky once again.

"At some point, I’m going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on live television, and I will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it,” Trump told the outlet. “When you read it, it’s a straight call.”

In an interview Friday on Fox News, Grisham would not rule out the possibility of such an event, though she warned that she didn't have any information on potential timing.

“Sure, it’s always a serious consideration,” she said, though she warned that “I don't know what the logistics of it would look like just yet.”

Grisham reiterated that Trump believes the transcript of his call with Zelensky exonerates him from accusations he abused his power in withholding military aid and a potential White House visit from Ukraine until Kyiv committed to investigations of Trump’s political opponents in the name of corruption.

“The president has nothing to hide, been so transparent he has answered every question, talked to the news media about this over and over again,” she said of Trump’s frequent Q&A sessions with the press as he comes and goes from the White House.

Trump has repeatedly pointed to the White House document, which was released voluntarily, as an exact transcript of his call with Zelensky. But a warning on the memo itself cautions that it “is not a verbatim transcript,” and one witness testified to House investigators this week that he sought certain edits to the document made public that were never adopted.

Trump’s fireside chat suggestion comes as Democrats appear to be nearing the end of the first phase of their impeachment inquiry, a closed-door fact-finding process that has been the subject of relentless criticism by Trump and Republicans.

Grisham appeared to suggest Friday the proposal was a product of Trump’s desperation to better counter the damaging testimony emanating from the Capitol. “We're the ones being left out of the process. We're the ones who aren't able to see what people are saying and be able to adequately defend ourselves,” she argued.

Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, who repeatedly pressed Grisham to clarify that a fireside chat was under “serious consideration,” asked whether it was Trump’s idea.

“Yeah, it was his idea. That was an interview he gave, sure,” she responded, repeating that “he’s got nothing to hide.”

“I think that's the point that's not getting across is that the president did nothing wrong and has nothing to hide. So why wouldn't he read the transcript of a call that was fine?” she asked, asserting it would provide “the context of what was going on.”

