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Story and didnt choose to say anything ahead of the publication. then the president comments afterwards. so he was fully aware of everything that "the new york times" was going to report. the statement that the department of justice also shooting down the allegation for him to do him a solid. the doj said under oath that acting attorney general whitaker stated that at no time has the white house asked for, nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigat...

North korea has made commitments in the past they havent kept. did it with clinton, bush and obama and now see if we can get a verifiable agreement. i hope this meeting will be about commitments but a process to make sure theyre following through. >> bill: not easy. as you canvas the country right now and watch your colleagues in the senate. anybody left in the senate? theyre all running for the primary for 2020. if the election were held today the president would run on the economy. what you ar...

Who had been appointed by president trump recused himself from the case. the times reports that whitaker did not attempt to make a change. just asking whitaker to put a perceived trump loyalist in charge of the investigation could have consequences for the president. you tried to interfere with a criminal prosecution that may knock at your own door by putting your ally in their? that is clearly a 10 out of 10 attempt to obstruct just justice. >> whitaker was asked if president trump had ever tri...

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...

Commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> glenn kirchner, you think thats something hes going to want to maybe say, oh, i remembered something, come to think of it. >> yeah, nicolle, plus one point to matthew whitaker for telling president trump that geoff berman cannot supervise the southern district of new york investigation, but minus two points for giving what sure seems to be misleading answers on that very topic. whether the president ever pre...

Mentioned, honored to serve as acting attorney general and im honored that the president selected me to be the acting attorney general. 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, promises concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation -- >> thats not the question i asked, sir. >> all right, pete. again, usually when i play what somebody said in front of congress, i dont actu...

And then again when he was asked by congresswoman zoe lofgren about it, she says -- she was asking him -- im looking back at the trip -- generally speaking this issue of whether he was asked to do anything about the russia investigation, and he says -- i can assure this committee before being appointed -- before appointing me to this position, the president did not ask for nor did i provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. of cou...

Matthew whiser can, h matthew whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, whether a trump ally could be part in charge of the widening investigation. that is according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. "the new york times" also lays out a number of other examples of when president trump tried to use tactics, including intimidation and pressure, to fight back against the investigations surrounding his presidency. when whitaker testified before the house judiciar...

Whitaker. what does not help whitaker, he just denied that trump pressured him like this under oath earlier this month. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided promises or commitments regarding the special counsel investigation or any other investigation. >> now, the key language is any other investigation. tonight, democrats are saying the report is, quote, very concerning and it is a reason they want whitaker to clarify his testimony. the times raises the concept of, qu...

But he was more definitive earlier when he said "at no time, 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." and they say that he stands by that statement. so hes basically saying its not true without -- that seems to be the implication of what hes saying. now, one very minor point. the "times" story says that jeffrey berman, who had been the u.s. attorney appointed by president tr...