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You that you recuse yourself to avoid an appearance of conflict of interest or bias? that was the guidance that you got from career doj officials about your participation or oversight of the mueller investigation, isnt that correct? >> congressman, i made my recusal decision by myself -- >> but there were doj officials who advised you that you should not touch that investigation, isnt that correct? >> congressman -- >> yes or no? >> i consulted with career ethics officials, i consulted with my s...

Officials that the doj recommended to you that you recuse yourself to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest or bias? that was the guidance that you got from career doj officials about your participation or oversight of the new investigation. isnt that correct? >> congressman, i made my recusal decision by myself. >> but there were career doj officials who advised you that you should not touch that investigation. isnt that correct? >> congressman -- >> yes or no? >> >> i consulted with ca...

>> has there been discussion at the department about keeping these be a report from going to congress? >> no, we are continuing to follow the special counsel regulations as it relates to the report. we havent received the report. >> has there been a draft opinion about keeping it from going to congress? >> im not going to talk about the ongoing investigation into the special counsel. >> mr. whitaker, did donald trump ask you if you would recuse before you became acting attorney general? did he a...

You that you recuse yourself to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest on bias, that was the guidance you got from career doj officials about your participation or oversight of the mueller investigation; isnt that correct? >> congressman, i made my recusal decision by myself. >> there were career doj officials who advised you that you should not touch that investigation; isnt that correct? >> congressman -- >> yes or no? >> i consulted with career ethics officials. i consulted with my sen...

Specific facts. >> okay. and you wrote on page 1 that if a president knowingly destroys or alters evidence, that would be obstruction? >> yes. >> so what if the president drafted a misleading statement to conceal the purpose of a meeting without the obstruction? >> i would have to know the specifics. >> that you would seek the advice of career ethics officials in the department of justice for any recusal? and i appreciate that. and you said in the past that you commended attorney general session...

One responsible for making the recusal decision. i dont know why he said -- why he locked himself into following the advice. thats an abdication of his own responsibility. >> so, what did you think about what acting attorney general whitaker did when he rejected the justice department ethics advice to recuse himself, out of an abundance of caution? >> i havent seen the advice he got. and i dont know the specific facts. abundance of caution suggests that it could have gone either way. >> you have...

To know the specifics. i would have to know the specific facts. >> okay. and you wrote on page 1 that if a president knowingly destroys or alters evidence, that would be obstruction. >> yes. >> okay. so what if a president drafted a misleading statement to conceal the purpose of a meeting? would that be obstruction? >> again, i would have to know the -- i would have to know the specifics. >> all right. you would seek the advice of career ethics officials in the department of justice for any recu...

Quotes, and if they stop the investigation, thats obviously not doing that. so -- and i think hes already floated some names of people that, you know, would probably be people who would not, you know, let the investigation go on. >> having worked in justice, and im always fascinated by what the line attorneys and the civil servants in that entity are thinking every day, as they watch all of this unfold, eliot. what would be the reaction, i think, do you think in that building, if the president w...