John Cornyn: “In the complex security environment we are in, we cannot afford to discount any leader's threats.”

We didn’t have the authority to sort that out.

It binds not only him but the Department of Justice as a whole, and so I think that satisfies my demands.

President Trump needs someone in this role, as well with a strong legal mind, but who also is close enough to him to give him confidential legal advice to tell him hard truths.

That's a convenient excuse, and it happens to be untrue.