David Axelrod actually said...

"This was a conversation about an ongoing investigation, coverage of an ongoing investigation."

"Had it been another administration, had there been a Democratic president, this Republican Congress would be well down the road on hearings having seen the story."

"We have seen since the President took office a systematic effort to impeach all kinds of institutions."

"If you listen to what both the President and Steve Bannon have said in the last 48 hours, they've essentially declared war on the news media."