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The family, shouldnt follow the money, fill in the blank. but why should he nominate anyone else? hes perfectly comfortable with the person he has and its been the first time for him since jeff sessions recused himself that he feels he has the person who will protect him. obviously im saying that as a subjective. but the objective evidence makes it very difficult to lead to any other conclusion. now, one thing is important to note, donald trump does have 210 days under the vacancy act. he does t...

>> about 210 days. its actually exactly 210 days -- >> can you give it to me in hours, please? >> since sessions stepped down. and it can go on even longer if whoever the president has appointed to replace whitaker has not been nominated yet. -- he could be in there for a year. me and my colleague jennifer jacobs were asking around all week, everyone we could think of, where is the status of this attorney general search. and essentially it is nowhere. there are a lot of names that are being disc...

Say anything that i didnt know about, so i couldnt have possibly informed him about the wikileaks e-mails coming out. but with trump this is a reoccurring thing. trump loves to be in contact with numerous associates. he loves to work the phones. sometimes he loves to work the phones of aides of his. so hes on someone elses phone. so its very difficult to track all the people to whom he has spoken with. and these arent the only conversations that the special counsels office is looking into. we kn...

Its actually exactly 210 days -- >> can you give it to me in hours, please? >> since sessions stepped down. and it can go on even longer if the presideerson who has at the president has appointed whitaker -- he could be in there for a year. me and my colleague jennifer jacobs were asking around all week, everyone we could think of, where is the status of this attorney general search. and essentially it is nowhere. there are a lot of names that are being discussed. a lot of advisers to the presid...

The lawyers and muellers own probe. it is a concern now that you have an acting attorney general that has some authority or oversight for this investigation. and for mueller to take additional action supposedly would have to get permission to check in with somebody that has been basically placed in that position by the president. thats why i do think that we ought to be more concerned than we have shown here in the senate. >> what do you think, matt whitaker, the acting attorney general, who has...

Interviewing. but whitaker is great. hes a good, solid man. that will be really interesting to watch. obviously, the president wants him in this job for all sorts of reasons. republicans getting impatient and well see what happens in this next congress. if he remains there, i guess hes got something like 200 games deace days to remain there. and the idea that he remains there through this mueller probe, well have to see. >> are you surprised that whitaker is still there after all this time? >> n...

Direct oversight role of mueller. but, whittaker has the ultimate authority. anything mueller wants to do if whittaker vetoes it he has that power. >> whats right now the outlook for when the president will be putting forward an actual permanent attorney general, at least a nominee? >> we have no sense. >> hes got 210 days under the vacancy act. going back to your question, john, one thing thats important for us all to note here is if robert mueller has an indictment that hes ready to drop, whit...

>> mike: then there is this from the office of special counsel. "in these limited circumstances, federal employees still considered a candidate for the purposes of the hatch act as it relates to a retiring campaign debt. with that we bring back our panel, matthew, charles, and tom. big deal? >> ive heard of postal delays but to take four years from the senate race to the check showing up in the campaign coffers is quite a delay. i think it does raise substantial questions of the attorney general...

Think doesnt pass the smell test. >> mike: then there is this from the office of special counsel. "in these limited circumstances, federal employees still considered a candidate for the purposes of the hatch act as it relates to a retiring campaign debt. with that we bring back our panel, matthew, charles, and tom. big deal? >> ive heard of postal delays but to take four years from the senate race to the check showing up in the campaign coffers is quite a delay. i think it does raise substantial...

Case scenario with the acing attorney general matthew whitaker. does the mueller probe have a dead man switch it can lean in in the event that its being killed without us being aware of it? >> he can technically serve in that position for 210 days but that whole process can restart itself once trump nominates someone for the permanent attorney general position. so he could serve for much longer than 210 days. as you mentioned he has said, essentially hes theorized about suffocating mueller probe...