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Conversations with anybody about reassigning or firing any personnel, including u.s. attorneys, with the southern district of new york? >> congresswoman, i sit on top of the department of justice, as you mentioned. >> reporter: but he did say the president never pressured him to interfere with the 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. >> reporter: preside...

That. he complained about his inability to pull levers at the justice department that could make the presidents many legal problems go away. that report appears to somewhat contradict what matt whitaker told the house judiciary committee nearly two weeks ago. >> the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> later at that same hearing, whitaker was specifically asked about the southern dis...

Committee nearly two weeks ago. >> the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> later at that same hearing, whitaker was specifically asked about the southern district of new york. >> did you ever have any conversations with the president about firing or reassigning any personnel, u.s. attorneys or others, who work with the southern district of new york? with the president or anybody? an...

Specifically about any kind of pressure he may have received from president trump. here that is. >> 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. >> cynthia, in your view from a legal perspective, does that settle the matter? >> its not settled at all. in fact, the president made it worse yesterday. mr. whitaker was asked repeatedly in a bunch of different ways did the president ...

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 ...

With his aides and inaability to pull levers that could make the presidents many legal problems go away. the "times" reports the prosecutors require adult super56, according to review, they are looking into whether whitaker perjured himself when he told the house judiciary committee earlier this month that the president never pressured him over the investigation. >> at no times that white house asked for, nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerns the special counsels investigation...

Theres no evidence that he tried to follow through. whitaker privately told associates that part of his role was to quote jump oon a grenade to the president. also said prosecutors in new york requires adult supervision. and it appears to contradict what whitaker just told congress under penalty of perjury. >> i can assure this committee that before appointing me to this position, the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments referring to the special counsels investigation....

Was to quote jump oon a grenade to the president. also said prosecutors in new york requires adult supervision. and it appears to contradict what whitaker just told congress under penalty of perjury. >> i can assure this committee that before appointing me to this position, the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments referring to the special counsels investigation. >> did the president lash out about the guilty plea? >> no, he did not. >> did the president lash out 2016 w...

Attorney general with a question. he asked whether jeffrey bermman could be put in charge of the widening investigation according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. heres what whittaker said to the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago about that. >> 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. >> weve been following the investigation quite close...

Testimony, its lawyerly, its cautious, and its clear that whittaker seems to be bracing himself for this question. the operative phrase that whittaker made and the justice department provided to the "new york times" for their story, that phrase is promises or commitments. whittaker and the doj say that he never made the white house any promises or commitments v. z nobody has asked whittaker to commit to anything in particular about the way these investigations are run. rather, whats been widely ...