times, though, quote, whitaker first came to the attention of mr. trump because he liked watching mr. whitaker express skepticism about aspects of mr. mueller s investigation. in numerous media appearances throughout 2017, whitaker was an outspoken was outspoken on the subject, i should say, of the investigation. here are some of whitaker s views, again, which the president says he was unaware of. there is a red line here, and bob mueller doesn t have the authority currently to look into unrelated trump finances. i just i think the premise as to why he was appointed in the first place was wrong and i don t think it was necessary. there s no evidence of anything illegal happening in the 2016 election related to the trump campaign. the truth is there was no collusion with the russians and the trump campaign. and trump also said he agrees with whitaker s stated view which you just heard, that there was no collusion in 2016. and he added that he shouldn t have to take somebo
intelligence organization. jeff sessions said that julian assange was a top target of his. they tried to bring case against limb. we ll have to see how this entire thing with wikileaks resolves. democrats, especially on the house side, when they come into power in the new congress are watching this and adam schiff who is likely the next chair of the house intelligence committee today was on the suntds shday s and talking about how he will hold the administration to account and expose any attempts to shut down the russia investigation. president trump today in the last half hour said this on twitter. he said so funny to see little adam schiff talking about the fact that attorney general matt whittaker was not approved by the senate but not mentioning the fact that bob public schooler was not approved by the senate. bob mueller doesn t have to be senate approved to have that position but adam schiff claps back says that s a good one. was that like your answers to mr. mueller s questions
he s in the job. no period to wait to the see what happens here. what stood out to you as we begin to piece together his biog gra graphy outside of college sports? the white house distancing from whitaker. should have known the things he said and seem to be caught unaware he laid out justification in public for ending the investigation. they re scrambling now. here you see president trump saying i knew him, i didn t know him. and calling it a phony investigation. a hoegs. isn t that how words work? noth should whitaker recuse himself, which he won t be. i think he should be investigated by mueller. given hill druthers who would love to find out what promises were made, discussions had in relationship to covering up this investigation. i m not a lunatic throwing ideas at the wall. i heard the former fib fi
the alleged russian interference in the election i haven t seen any reports of actual evidence that anything happened. the russian investigation is a hoax. it s a phony hoax. to suggest that there s obstruction of justice here i think is taking a reckless step. there s no obstruction. there s no collusion. there is a red line here and bob mueller doesn t have the authority currently to look into unrelated trump finances. looking into your finances, your family finances unrelated to russia? is that a red line? i would say so, yes. i guess you have the most familiarity with matt whitaker since he played in the rose bowl losing to the huskies, the hawkeyes. and finished with, i think, 231 in his i knew i can count on you. i love t. i bring it up to say what have we learned thus far? what more are you looking to learn in coming days?
what he doing? being a good career prosecutor. rallying his troops we have to get along to go along and keep this investigation. i argue it s a patriot act. mike, the battle is shaming shaming shaping up. move my cookie to see this letter. dear mr. president, he begins, five questions he asks the president about this appointment. there s been some talk since the election about the investigative powers of the congress, less likely to happen in the senate of course, but where do you see that, how do you see that playing out on capitol hill? what happened around this mcconnell seems to be very undesirous of bringing the various really just one bill that would trigger an investigation if mueller were fired. seems like if mcconnell brought it to a vote maybe the senate would vote for it or at least be put in a tough position. of course, oversight provided by now the democratic house of representatives will be different. of course, no matter what