Sarah Sanders actually said...

"He'd been thinking about it for months which I did say yesterday and have said many times since."

"No. I believe the president wanted to give Director Comey a chance, but he feels that he made the right decision."

"I think one of the big things that took place was the process in the hearing on Wednesday. You have somebody -- the director of the FBI who reports to the deputy attorney general going around the chai..."

"Having a letter like the one he received and having that conversation, that outlined the basic just atrocities if circumventing the chain of command in the Department of Justice."