CNN Congressional correspondent Manu Raju interviews Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) about a recent “New York Magazine” piece on his life as a Senator and his reckless driving. Fetterman responded to a “disgruntled” staffer, telling Raju if you are truly concerned about someone, you should talk to them.

KASIE HUNT, ‘THE ARENA’ HOST, CNN: All right. Welcome back. Breaking news coming off Capitol Hill this hour. CNN’s sitting down exclusively with Senator John Fetterman. He is pushing back on recent questions that have been raised about his fitness to serve in office now and into the future. CNN chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju joins us now. And he sat down with the senator just a few moments ago. Manu, tell us what you heard from Senator Fetterman? RAJU: He’s pushing back at these allegations that were detailed on the record by his former chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, who had raised concerns that John Fetterman, who was public about his battles with depression last year, who had checked himself into Walter Reed Hospital for six weeks, was no longer following the medical regimen that was laid out by his doctors in the aftermath of his treatment for clinical depression. And when I asked him about the concerns about erratic and reckless behavior detailed in that “New York Magazine” story, he pushed back. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FETTERMAN: And it’s just a disgruntled group of people. The — and there’s only one there. So — so that’s the same thing. Theres no new news involved for this. RAJU: The individual is your former chief of staff, who has said that he’s concerned about your well-being, which is why he went public. What do you say to some — to someone like him who’s concerned about — he says he’s concerned about your — your personal well-being? FETTERMAN: It’s like, no, he’s had a weird grudge. And he’s — he has he has threatened to do this for — for quite a while. And if you are really concerned about someone, you could say, hey, let’s sit down. Can we talk? It’s not like going to the media. And that’s why somebody that has an agenda, it’s like a hit piece. RAJU: Senator, you’ve been — you’ve been public about your struggles with depression. And you had a prescription regimen of drugs to take in the aftermath of your time. Have you been keeping up with that, taking your medication? FETTERMAN: I went to my doctors — my doctors are like, John, is great, and I am on all of the plan that has always been. And it’s incredibly invasive. And why are people talking about anyone’s personal medical things? It’s that, you know, I think most people would agree that’s really, really invasive. RAJU: Can you explain what happened with those driving incidents? Was that reckless driving incident last year, and there was something in the concern in that article about you driving, getting behind the wheel? FETTERMAN: No, it’s like we’ve — yeah, that there’s no news — there’s no news on those things. It was an accident. RAJU: You fully plan to serve your full term here in the Senate? FETTERMAN: Come on. Of course. That’s — obviously, obviously. Everybody understands I was treated for depression. (END VIDEO CLIP)

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