Donald Trump actually said...

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

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

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

"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."