Donald Trump actually said...

"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."

"He believed that Comey was trying to essentially get leverage over him with that dossier."

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

"Republicans in Congress for seven years have pounded the podium, have, you know, tossed the red meat and made a promise to the American people, not just their base, to the American people that they wo..."