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The job once, to be confirmed and sworn in? are they still going to want to freeze time and ask him what he knows and what he believes? >> i think there are some questions until barr gets voted on that they dont know how long whitaker will be on the job. its worth hearing from him what his point of view is and that can obviously be revisited with a new attorney general, but its worth asking the question now and what it means for witnesses in this moment. >> and, erin, i try not to call for a jud...

That. what you want to hear from whitaker, what nadler has said he wants to hear from whitaker, is what are the limits of we can e executive privilege that this administration is going to assert? what are they trying to hold back from both congress and from investigators, and then they can evaluate whether or not those claims are reasonable. because under the republicans, they would make broad claims of not -- witnesses will make broad claims of not wanting to answer, and the republicans wouldnt...

That usually gets people to show up so you dont have to invoke that. what you want to hear from whitaker, what nadler has said he wants to hear from whitaker, is what are the limits of executive privilege that this administration is going to assert? what are they trying to hold back from both congress and from investigators, and then they can evaluate whether or not those claims are reasonable. because under the republicans, they would make broad claims of not -- witnesses would make broad claim...

Connecticut raised that point. but i dont know how long whitakers going to be in this job. he admitted he doesnt know either. so if trump decides on putting in chris christie or rudy giuliani, that would be a controversial pick. but maybe alex azar or acosta, the labor secretary, then you could subvert that and -- and this whitaker episode which is pretty controversial for trump given that he said he doesnt even know his own acting attorney general, then that might get in the rearview mirror. >>...