David Axelrod actually said...

"He overruled his own FBI director, director of National Intelligence and the Justice Department and took the advice of Director Hannity on this."

"The fact is the memo was designed to try and discredit the whole probe to put pressure on all those involved in the probe."

"I think the goal is to politicize the entire discussion so that it looks like a political tug-of-war and not a legitimate investigation."

"In a democracy party wins the White House, they have a right to make policy subject to the approval of a Congress. You may not like the policies they make, but that's our system."