well, wolf, the fate of the mueller investigation remains unclear tonight with the appointment of acting attorney general matt whitaker. now, even though he s been pubically critical of the probe in the past sources say he has no plans to recuse himself like his predecessor. a day after jeff sessions was ousted as attorney general, questions surround the future of the russia investigation. cnn has learned that his replacement acting attorney matthew whitaker has no intention of recusing himself from the russia probe according to a source familiar with his thinking. despite being openly critical of the investigation as a cnn commentator. you can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recession appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but just reduces the budget so low his investigation grinds to an absolute halt. during a radio interview last august before his appointment to the department of justice.
language, 19 words on the constitution. the president shall have the power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. they say the whole point of that is when the senate isn t able to act on a nomination and then the president can make a recession appointment. they point to the language the senate itself used in going after the recess which repeatedly says no business conducted. so there was nobody there is the obama administration s argument. they couldn t have act on a nomination so, therefore, the president was within his power. so there s two questions here. what s a recess and that has to be decided by courts and the other question is this. did a vacancy hapg happen during the recess of the senate? this nomination has been pending for some time so that s another thing the courts will have to work out. is this only to use, like in the first 100 years or so of the country when the congress was only in session about half the year, is it only if a vacanc
power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. they say the whole point of that is when the senate isn t able to act on a nomination and then the president can make a recession appointment. they point to the language the senate itself used in going after the recess which repeatedly says no business conducted. so there was nobody there is the obama administration s argument. they couldn t have act on a nomination so, therefore, the president was within his power. so there s two questions here. what s a recess and that has to be decided by courts and the other question is this. did a vacancy hapg happen during the recess of the senate? this nomination has been pending for some time so that s another thing the courts will have to work out. is this only to use, like in the first 100 years or so of the country when the congress was only in session about half the year, is it only if a vacancy happens when the congress is out of town, unable to act, the presid
distracting all they can, because obama owes them a lot. all this stuff is happening under the radar. regulatory agencies. bret: a.b. from a democratic point of view. is this a political winner number one? number two, is there something that the president can do outside of congress, solution to this to get the folks back to work who are furloughed? you know, i don t know that he can. but he says he expects a resolution in coming days. i don t know how bret: house is home. thee are saying in proforma session to keep it going so the administration can t sneak in on a recession appointment. if someone gongs it in and out. they are arguing that it could easily, something could be done in proforma session. to pass temporary extension to prevent the furlough.
distracting all they can, because obama owes them a lot. all this stuff is happening under the radar. regulatory agencies. bret: a.b. from a democratic point of view. is this a political winner number one? number two, is there something that the president can do outside of congress, solution to this to get the folks back to work who are furloughed? you know, i don t know that he can. but he says he expects a resolution in coming days. i don t know how bret: house is home. thee are saying in proforma session to keep it going so the administration can t sneak in on a recession appointment. if someone gongs it in and out. they are arguing that it could easily, something could be done in proforma session. to pass temporary extension to prevent the furlough.