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President as the acting attorney general. this is according to sources speaking to my colleague kaitlan collins, anderson, who say they are sort of caught offguard by some of the coverage and the fact that he had made these comments publicly on cnn, as weapon as op-eds, where he called the mueller probe ridiculous, suggested that mueller was overstepping his bounds. some officials are saying they didnt seven kn-- even know tha he had made those comments. which is ironic, because it was those kin...

Think technically, youre right. i think the question that i would ask my republican colleagues would be to stick to their word, and ive been with a lot of them over the last year, i raised this issue as a constitution allred line a year ago about mueller. theyve all, on private and publicly reassured me that they think mueller will be able to finish his job, and my hope would be that those members would stick to what theyve said in the past and say that they would not vote for any attorney gener...

House can simply say, you know, this is a fake attorney general. this is not someone we will fund the jules tis department with at its head. so, theyll cut its funding, they may stop its funding, they may say, well only fund mueller and not fund anything else until you get a real attorney general. thats a second thing. and then the third thing, absolutely, i expect lawsuit after lawsuit. because every single day, i served in the justice department, there are thousands of cases across the country...

Stream, that he or she would have no problem being approved. >> as long as republicans in the senate are supportive of whoever the president picks, that pick would pass, no? >> well, again, that goes -- i think technically, youre right. the question that i would ask my republican colleagues would be to stick to their word, and ive been with a lot of them over the last year. i raised this issue as a constitutional red line a year ago about mueller. theyve all, on private and publicly reassured me...

Attorney general. cnns senior white house correspondent pamela brown joins us now. so what surprised the white house about the reaction to whitaker? >> reporter: its the negative reaction to matt whitaker being appointed acting attorney general. this is according to my sources who say theyre sort of caught off guard by some of the coverage and the fact that he had made these comments publicly on cnn, as well as op-eds where he called the mueller probe ridiculous, and suggested it could be a fish...

You cant just do an end run around it and impose your own person. number two, even before the lawsuit, i think we have to think about the election on tuesday and the house democrats being in control of a branch of government and the house can simply say, you know, this is a fake attorney general. this is not someone we will fund the justice department with, as its head. theyll cut funding, they may say well only fund mueller and not fund anything else until you get a real attorney general. so th...

And ultimately ruled unconstitutional. >> you present a case who has standing and whats the remedy? how do you pursue that case? >> i think theres lots of different ways. before you get to that question, the intersection with the election on tuesday is important. the house democrats have a whole suite of tools available to them. they can block funding for the justice department entirely if they dont like this attorney general, they could block certain funding and say, well only fund mueller and ...

When you follow it sometimes conservatives benefit and liberals benefit. some people are seeing the constitution as a political document for the mighty. that is maybe the most destructive thing about this presidency. he treats the constitution like a tax code, something he can loophole this way or that. i fully expect whittakers appointment will be challenged and ultimately ruled unconstitutional. >> you present a case who has standing and whats the remedy? how do you pursue that case? >> i thin...