Washington (CNN) Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that when it comes to the contacts members of President Donald Trump's campaign team had with Russians during the 2016 election, "the issue is not whether it's ethical."

Mulvaney's comment was in response to statements House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff made last week about the ethics surrounding contacts Trump's team had during the election with individuals offering dirt from Russians. On Thursday, Schiff said, "I don't think it's OK. I think It's immoral, I think it's unethical, I think it's unpatriotic, and yes, I think it's corrupt, and evidence of collusion."

"Again, the issue is not whether it's ethical," Mulvaney told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union, later adding that he thinks "the voters areappellee's proposed trade-mark so nearly resembles the trade-mark of appellant as to be likely to cause confusion and mistake in the mind of the public and to deceive purchasers as to the origin of the respective merchandise, when applied to goods of the same general class.
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