President Obama bristled Thursday at a question about the latest in Hillary Clinton's email scandal, saying he'd already said plenty about the matter and didn't want to address it further.
At a press conference in Japan, Obama offered reporters a "special bonus" and said he'd take an additional question. To his apparent chagrin, the reporter brought up the race between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and continued questions about Clinton's trustworthiness over her private email server.
An Inspector General report from the State Department Wednesday condemned Clinton's email practice.
"Just yesterday, we saw the State Department's Inspector General put out a report about Secretary Clinton's emails, and it basically undermined some of what she said about her email practices," the reporter said. "I'm wondering if you think that undermines her trustworthiness with the American people and if you agree with Bernie Sanders that she should release the transcripts from her highly paid speeches to Wall Street."
"OK, you know what, I take it back, I'm not taking another question," Obama said, as the press chuckled appreciatively.
"We're in Japan, don't we have something in Asia that we want to talk about?" Obama asked. "I'll be talking about this in Washington the whole time. Look, I've already said a lot about those issues. I think those are better directed to the campaign."
Obama went on to say rhetoric on a campaign trail was meant to win votes, but once the campaign ended, "they move on and they make an assessment in terms of how they can make sure that the vision they care most deeply about" can come to fruition.
"I think that the noise that is going on back and forth between the candidates at this point, if you want insights into how they're thinking about it, those should be directed to them," Obama said.