Donald Trump actually said...

"If Sessions hadn't recused himself, there wouldn't have ended up being a special counsel."

"I think that's a violation, look, this is about Russia."

"The way I looked at it, you know, we have no Democrat help. They're obstructionists. That's all they're good at is obstruction. They have no ideas."

"He very bluntly said that he would not have appointed him if he had known he would recuse himself from anything Russia related, he would have appointed somebody else."