He will not hand them the rope with which to hang him, and they are pissed.
Do they even have a rope?
The White House Counsel has ever-so-politely pointed out to them they have no rope, hood, gallows, thirteen steps, or even an indictment, much less a properly empaneled gang of kangaroos to play the grand jury. . . and the person they want to play the role of the accused is going home and he’s taking his neck and his friends with him. They can play act all they want.