During the daily press briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort had a "limited role" for a "limited time" in the campaign, prompting an argument from a reporter who objected to the claim. Following is a transcript of a video.

Reporter: Does the president, now that we know that there is an ongoing investigation by the FBI, does the president stand by his comments that he’s not aware of any contacts that his campaign associates had with Russia during the election?

Spicer: Yes.

Reporter: Okay, and then the second one is, has anyone from the White House —

Spicer: Well, can I just amend the first one?

Reporter: Sure.

Spicer: Obviously … just to be clear, I know that, I’m trying to think through this for a second because obviously General Flynn, but again …

Reporter: Right. What about during the campaign, before the election?

Spicer: Right. And I’m not aware of any at this time, but even General Flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. And then obviously there’s been discussion of Paul Manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time, but beyond —

Reporter: He was the chairman of the campaign!

Spicer: Hey Jon, Jonathan, hold on. Can you stop interrupting other people’s questions?

Reporter: Paul Manafort didn’t play a limited role.

Spicer: Okay, Jonathan, somebody’s asking a question. It’s not your press briefing. Julie’s asking a question. Please calm down. Julie.

Reporter: Are you saying then that the president is aware of contacts that Manafort had …

Spicer: No, no. Nothing that hasn’t been previously discussed. I just don’t want to make it look like we’re not aware of the stuff that’s been …