of the shutdown, small business loan offices, federal housing agencies also closed. u.s. court scheduled to handle civil cases. nope, not opened. field offices that help farmers closed as well. it s interesting to note here. that one official u.s. government function, that will not stop working, even in this government shutdown, the robert mueller special counsel investigation of russian collusion and president trump s election. that team is funded and exempt from the shutdown. it s business as usual for them without interruption. meanwhile, trump is facing another crisis over his pick for attorney general. you remember matthew whitaker. trump passed over top officials to personally appoint him as acting ag. well, democrats immediately cried foul. they accused president trump of installing whitaker to derail the special counsel investigation. well, cnn has now learned that at least twice in the last month, president trump has