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The "new york times" says what drew the presidents attention to matthew whittaker and over time the attention of democrats when on 2017 whittaker appeared on cnn to talk about muellers russia probe. he argued that the president made the right call in the firing of former fbi director jim comey saying president trump made the right decision. in an op-ed he argued that investigations into the presidents business and finances raise serious concerns that the special councils investigation was a mere...

Whitaker has personal ties to one of the witnesses in the mueller investigation. he was the campaign chairman for sam clovis 2014 bid for state treasurer in iowa. clovis has been interviewed by muellers team, testified before the grand jury. and according to "the washington post," clovis was also lifted as an unnamed campaign supervisor in the indictment of former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos. so as we all know, the president has railed against muellers investigation from the very beg...

Responsibility. whit ter the president found an ally. who questioned the scope of the investigation. i asked him last year why trump wouldnt say he would fire mueller. >> its dangerous politically. legally there are certainly a way for that to happen. >> you dont think its dangerous legally its not obstruction? unless you it goes my way im going to fire you. >> no. i dont think thats obstruction. we keep using that term. >> whittaker also previously questioned the scope of the special counsel in...

Bob mueller, but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> so whitaker also argued that rosenstein should limit the scope of muellers investigation in an august 2017 op-ed for cnn.com. this was the title of it. the title was "muellers investigation of trump is going too far." and it said in part in that op-ed, any investigation into president trumps finances or the finances of his family would require mueller to return to rod rosenstein for additional a...

His feelings toward the russia investigation. here he was on cnn in july of last year before he worked at justice. listen. >> i could see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesnt fire bob mueller, but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to an almost halt. >> grinds to a halt. whitaker also writing an opinion piece for cnn last summer and it was titled "muellers investigation of trump is going too far." and a...

Attorney general via tweet. >> i think what ultimately the presidents going to start doing is putting pressure on road rosenstein. >> reporter: whitaker has long backed president trumps tough take on the mueller probe. in an opinion piece for cnn.com in august 2017, whitaker wrote that it was time for rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel, to order mueller to limit the scope of his investigation to the four corners of the order appointing him special counsel and i warned that by investiga...

Mueller investigation. he was the campaign chairman for sam clovis 2014 bid for state treasurer in iowa. clovis has been interviewed by muellers team, testified before the grand jury. and according to "the washington post," clovis was also lifted as an unnamed campaign supervisor in the indictment of former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos. so as we all know, the president has railed against muellers investigation from the very beginning, calling it a hoax, a witch hunt 160 times since la...

President, then this would raise serious concerns that the special counsels investigation were a mere witch hunt. the fact that he used the word witch hunt, which is president has used over and over with the probe, compare that with this. this really struck me this morning reading it with our jake tapper. >> i dont see any current reason or good reason that bob mueller shouldnt stay in that special counsel role. there is no honest person that sits in the world of politics and the world of law th...

Before he was sessions chief of staff where he talked about how he agreed with the president, that there would be a limit, perhaps a bridge too far that mueller shouldnt cross if he tried to go after the presidents personal financial information. he says this, quote, the president is absolutely correct. mueller has come up to a red line in the russia 2016 election meddling investigation, that he is dangerously close to rossing. he goes on to say, quote, if he were to continue to investigate the ...

Okay? witch hunt. where have we heard that before? also last summer, whitaker tweeted his approval of an npr article suggesting that the public might never learn muellers findings because the attorney general could simply decline to release his report, and he wrote this. he said, article is correct. it will be very difficult to ever see evidence discovered by mueller grand jury investigation. okay? whitaker also weighing in on allegations of mueller conflicts of interest. heres what he said to a...