Patrick Leahy actually said...

I represented Vermont here for 44 years. I served with pride here, believing that the Senate can be and should be the conscience of the Nati...

Such a move is simply incompatible with transparency.

It seems that you may have intrigued him for another reason, your expansive view of Executive power and Executive immunity.

You should be sitting in front of us only after we have completed a review of your record.