"'Yes, they were lured on false pretenses -- that's true -- but when they got to Martha's Vineyard, they were certainly treated very humanely. Is that really kidnapping?' Yes! Yes it is really kidnapping!"
Mandis also gave Pelley "sort of kudos" for pushing back on some of the President's answers but also said the 60 Minutes correspondent "could have gone a lot further".
"Let me just say that it’s bittersweet for me because I work with the best team in this building, one of the best teams in this business, and we built this show out of nothing. This show was not supposed to exist."