Donald Trump actually said...

"Donald Trump as a candidate and now as president has a fundamentally flawed understanding of the role of the attorney general and the role of the Justice Department."

"The president insisted that the meeting in Trump Tower was purely and simply about Russian adoption policy. That's what was discussed, period."

"It was a real time example, he writes, of denial and cover-up."

"the president wanted to be personally protected by the attorney general with regard to the Russia probe."