investigation into him a hoax. privately, we discover, he is worried about it. what he was trying to do was place a loyalist in the job. he felt he could be ensured he would be protected. the justice department doesn t work that way. whitaker apparently did not work that way. so the president wasn t able to do what he wanted to do. this is somebody we have to sort of take a step back and understand that he may well have been panicked about all of this. the reason hemueller investigation is that he is scared about that. watch what whitaker told the house judiciary committee earlier this month. at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided promises or commitments concerning the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. those words are very