Page 758 - Commitments News Today

Supervision of the special counsel investigation. democrats who soon to control of key house committees allege that what occurs past media appearances smack of anti-mueller bias. >> he said the investigation shouldnt go forward. >> kellyanne conway insisted that whitakers old comments are all news. >> if you talk about matt whitakers statements as a private season a year and a half ago when the mueller investigation first started, i dont think that this qualifies somebody for being the chief law...

Himself, if he has any involvement whatsoever in this russia probe, we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whether hes serving as back-channel to the president or the lawyers about the probe, whether hes doing anything to infear -- interfere with the probe. >> a spokesperson added that whitaker was somebody that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein called, quote, superb choice. if you thought today was going to be anything other than politics as ...

Russia and the trump campaign. here is kellyanne conway defending whitaker during interview on fox news sunday. >> if youre talking about matt whitakers statements as private citizen a year and a half ago when the mueller investigation started what he said on cable tv, i dont think that disqualifies somebody from being the law enforcement officer. >> conway said it would be a mistake to shut down the mueller probe because the white house has been compliant with regard to everything that was prom...

>> in january the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes who exposed the clinton funded dossier and alleged abuses will hand the gavel to adam schiff who said on sunday whitaker will be investigated. >> we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe. whether he is serving as a back channel to the president or his lawyers about the probe. whether he is doing anything to interfere with the probe. mr. whitaker needs to understand h...

Difference. >> bill: here is adam schiff from over the weekend. he says subpoenas are the sexy part of the story. watch here on nbc. >> if he doesnt recuse himself, if he has any involvement whatsoever in the russia probe, we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whether he is serving as a back channel to the president or his lawyers about the probe. whether he is doing anything to interfere with the probe. mr. whittaker needs to understand he will b...

Describe the acting attorney general. as you mentioned, the chairman of the house judiciary committee will have direct oversight of the committee and he said the acting attorney generals past media appearances smack of bias. >> he has expressed total hostility to the investigation. he has said the investigation shouldnt go forward. the one who said that should not be in charge of deciding on the investigation. >> in january the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee expose the d...

>> its a direct result of blue wave. thats a democratic poi poised e over. he says he will grill acting attorney general matt whittaker about his new role of overseeing this russia probe. democrats winning the projected 35 house seats. as we reported thats their biggest midterm haul in four decades. >> the ouster of jeff sessions. >> certainly. >> north korea summit. >> all issues involving north korea. >> commitments to saudi arabia. >> you could continue down the list. >> what are your top ove...

Deadline white house with john heilemann in for nicolle wallace starts right now. >> its 4:00 in new york city. im john heilemann in for nicolle wallace. acting attorney general matthew whitaker, the man now responsible for overseeing the mueller probe finds himself today in a position not unfamiliar to many high-ranking trump administration officials. walking around with a bright red target on his back. questions are now mounting around conversations whitaker may have had with the white house i...

You before what was my feeling. but when he commit dodding some vis-a-vis your people and his voters, he delivers full on this line. i do pretty much the same. i like to deliver in line with my commitments during the campaign. so on all the different issues you mention, its a deed and hes doing exactly what he committed to do during his campaign. and i do respect that and im fine with that. but i think this personal relation and our discussions can sometimes highlight some issues at stake. and i...

Himself. similar to what jeff sessions was told. if he doesnt recuse himself, democrats are bowing to launch investigations into his appointments once they take control. >> i want to make himself very clear. if he doesnt recuse himself or has any involvement whatsoever, we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whether he serving as a back channel or his lawyers. whether hes doing anything to interfere. >> reporter: at kelleyanne conway defended the c...