Donald Trump actually said...

"The Russia thing is a hoax. I have been tougher on Russia than any president, maybe ever."

"This thing's been a total witch hunt. And it doesn't implicate me in any way. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no nothing."

"I know that he's conflicted, and I know that his best friend is Comey whose a bad cop, and I know that there are other things. You know better than anybody there is no collusion. There was no collusio..."

"I endorsed him at his request, and I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve. I don't care about this. I didn't get thank you, that's OK. We sent him on the wa..."