Spicer says he never 'knowingly' lied while press secretary

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer swears he never "knowingly" lied to the American people during his tenure in the Trump administration. In an interview Thursday with Good Morning America, Spicer acknowledged that he "made mistakes, there's no question." But when asked if he'd ever lied at the podium, he responded: "I don't think so."

Spicer proceeded to try to explain away every seeming untruth. He conceded that he "could have probably had more facts at hand and been more articulate" when he claimed the crowd size at President Trump's inauguration was bigger than at former President Barack Obama's. "I think it might've been better to be a lot more specific with what we were talking about in terms of the universe, not focus so much on photographic evidence, et cetera," Spicer said, pointing out that "many people viewed the inauguration online versus in person" and there are now "more online platforms to view things."

As for that time he seemingly provided contradictory information about former FBI Director James Comey's firing, he pointed out that President Trump "set it straight himself." He blamed a lack of consistency in terminology for that time he bluntly told reporters that Trump's travel ban was unequivocally "not a travel ban," just after Trump tweeted it was, in fact, a ban.

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But if anyone out there was hoping for "some blanket apology," it's "not happening," Spicer said as he fit in one last jab at the media, who "think that everything we did was wrong."

Watch it below. Becca Stanek