Donald Trump actually said...

Regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it, and in fact when I decided to just do it, ...

Now they're saying, 'Oh, well, 'Did he fight back? Did he fight back?' John -- you fight back, oh, it's obstruction.

You know, you can't really argue that you didn't start a fire when someone else blew out the match.

But there is a perfectly alternative -- perfect alternative reason, right?