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Schumer released a memo to investigate unlawful contact prior to the appointment between acting attorney general matt whitaker, and president trump as well as white house chief of staff john kelly. mr. whitaker was seen by officials as a white house spy and known as the west wings eyes and ears. house democrat jerry nadler who was positioned to take over the judiciary committee has threatened to immediately force whitaker to testify on capitol hill in january. on the white house lawn, the presid...

Crisis, take action now. speak out against this appointment. >> democrats will urge republicans to come out against them as well. today congressman elijah cummings conceded that he doesnt congress has the power to force whitaker to recuse himself stay in the public pressure campaign will be enough with democrats and republicans on board to make that happen. gillian: thanks for that. care to weigh in on all this is former u.s. attorney and partner at avenue strategies. thank you for your time thi...

Way to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that? >> will come its going to be up to him. hes very well politically. hes a very smart person, very respected person. well do whats right. >> which he wont overrule if he decides to curtail? >> i would not get involved. all these people say im going to end the investigation. how long is this witchhunt gone on? >> democrats and republicans are concerned whitaker could interview in muellers work or prevent the final work from ...

Getting a permanent replacement in there. is it important to get someone in there as quickly as possible or do you think you can afford to take his time and maybe allow whitaker be in there for months. >> im sure the president intends to make an appointment as soon as he can but he also knows that person needs to be thoroughly vetted because he will be hanged that person into one of the most feature the most nature à la confirmation environments ive ever seen based on the recent, no confirmatio...

Hes open to sitting down to answer questions as long as those questions are related to any alleged obstruction of justice. in this interview, president trump said that probably wont happen in the soap the written answers they will submit the next week will be enough. >> we gave very, very complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldnt have even been announced and i think that should solve the problem. i hope this solves the problem. if it doesnt, you know, ill be told and will make a dec...

Rosenstein should lawfully be the next in line, that he hasnt been a senate appointed primary official. so weve got lots of reasons why whitaker is in a precarious position and why mueller is holding some cards. >> yeah. i was going to say i think to the best of my knowledge, at least, we dont know if whitaker has been interviewed or ever questioned by the special counsel at any point during all of this. is there any legal remedy to force whitakers recusal or removal from his post? if so, who wo...

Obstruction of the law. we will not be. the new congress will not be. >> and i think -- and that is, i think, the most important question this evening, which is, you cannot force whitaker to recuse. you cant force the president to remove him or announce a new attorney general. what can you do? what are you going to do? >> we can do several things. we have already -- i and the chairman of other relevant committees sent letters to a lot of people in the justice department urging -- demanding prese...