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Commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> ultimately, if trump asked whitaker to intervene in the cohen probe and stack it with his ally, then not only did whitaker lie under oath, then this would also be a lie. >> did you ask acting attorney general matthew whitaker to change the leadership of the investigation into your former personal attorney, michael cohen? >> no, not at all. i dont know who gave you that. thats more fake news. a lot of -- ther...

What were doing. >> are there lines of inquiry that you would be pursuing through document requests like these or some other means that youd like to be pursuing but you arent specifically because of special counsels waved you off or southern district waved you off? >> no, no. were not pursuing the whole question of collusion with the russians, for example, because the intelligence committee is pursuing that. >> let me ask about -- talking about obstruction of justice. theres been a drama that yo...

You arent specifically because of special counsels waved you off or southern district waved you off? >> no, no. we were for example, the intelligence committee. >> were talking about justice. its been a drama you can see a lot and whitaker to intervene in the southern district of new york asking there are reports, whitaker asked if a different prosecutor could be put in charge of the cohen matter for example. you suggest in letters made public your committee has evidence that the president did i...

Testifying. again, i want to play what the acting attorney general matt whitaker said during his house testimony about communication with the white house and the russia investigation. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> so with the "new york times" reporting that the president did ask whitaker to intervene in the cohen investigation essentially, is that perjury? >>...

Commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> i like to point out that promises and commitments are different from the president asking you to hook a brother up. i want to bring in the panel. ken delynnian, national security reporter, phil rucker, white house bureau chief with the "washington post," jessica rothe, professor at cordoza law school and former federal prosecutor with the southern district of new york and my friend nick akerman. he was also ...

Which the justice department makes those decisions. in any case, berman was off the case, recused. what the times says is the president or the white house ask whitaker to put bemplen back on, and whitaker said he couldnt do that or declined to do that, because berman was recused. the justice department spokeswoman has a statement pushpush ing back to some extent, pointing out that when whitaker testified, he said, quote -- at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises...

Rosenstein and sessions in-house and advising the president how to do it. this is a step -- look, this is way beyond anything that jeff sessions did that demanded a recusal. this is actually trying to use -- showing that he was willing to use the justice department for the presidents own political ends. >> the difference is theyre all coming to congress now. before they would have got a free pass. now they have to come to congress and explain what the pledges were, its not a free pass. >> somebo...

Investigation." back now with our political team. david axelrod, there is no appetite certainly in the senate to send sort of some protection for mueller, it seems, or ask whitaker to recuse himself. >> well, no, and lets just be clear, the thing that infuriated donald trump was that sessions recused himself. hes not sending whitaker over there to recuse himself. hes not recusing himself. what he said on tv here on cnn, it seems to me, was like an audition tape for the job that he now has. so he...

Investigation, matthew whitaker should recuse himself from any involvement in muellers investigation. congress must take immediate action to protect the rule of law. and the integrity of the investigation." back now with our political team. david axelrod, there is no appetite certainly in the senate to send sort of some protection for mueller, it seems, or ask whitaker to recuse himself. >> well, no, and lets just be clear, the thing that infuriated donald trump was that sessions recused himself...