John Cornyn: “You recognize the Supreme Court has said you cannot hold somebody indefinitely, for example, who cannot be repatriated…”

Well, there’s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists.

All we had the authority to do what we did, and I think did the best we could.

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

the fact of the matter, it’s dead, and that’s all we could do under these circumstances.