John Cornyn: “I ask unanimous consent that all time during recess, adjournment, morning business, and leader remarks count postcloture…”

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.

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

Liberating is how he described his negotiating power.

I think we were very close to resolving our differences in a way that was acceptable to the Department of Justice, but it’s clear that the president decided that was unacceptable.