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Request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up, and so im -- i am hear voluntarily. we have agreed to five minute rounds. and -- >> committee -- >> i think thats a fine place to end the five minute rule. >> the committee will come to order. i will point out we didnt enforce the five minute rule on acting attorney general whitaker. we will -- >> i understand. i was saying that might be a good breaking point for you. >> the attorney genera...

Five minutes are up. you know, thats acting attorney general whitaker taking a page from the fairly sad play book of judge kavanaugh, trying to lash out at the questioners rather than expectfully answer the question, or respectfully decline to answer the question. to acting attorney general whitaker, it will be within his right, and i suspect were going to hear him do this all day long to say listen, this could compromise an ongoing investigation, and i decline to answer that question. but i see...

Communications so that they can be made fully and without fear of them being made public. however, i think were getting into a built of a dicey area when acting attorney general whitaker starts to sort of raise willie nilly the possibility of executive privilege expect to communications that involve yes, the president of the united states, chris, but also the subject and perhaps target of a criminal probe. i mean, i dont want to say one persons executive privilege is another persons obstruction ...

Pleases. hes there to answer the questions to the extent he can without it violating a legitimate privilege or an ongoing investigation. and to -- its sort of impertinent to ask the questioner to lay out the factual basis for the questions. but let me just say, chris, my expectations were low going into this, that we were going to get much of substance out of acting attorney general whitaker. now my expectations have shifted and i only hope he doesnt continue to say things that would be demeanin...

That whitaker that he was briefed. he said he has not spoken to senior white house aides about the investigation. hes not going further than that. the question now is what comes next? if all the democrats questions are stone walled by whitaker, nadler said he does not want to issue a subpoena, but he did seem interested in deposing him, bringing him back to ask more questions in a deposition and said he would release the transcript to the public. i think the question now, the owness on the democ...

>> as you commented about my recent press conference, as it relates to the special conference -- the special counsels investigation, i have been briefed on it. >> and welcome back. again, thats acting attorney general matt whitaker there facing questions from members of the house judiciary committee. that committee went for a break about an hour ago. we are told that members are voting right now. that vote expected to wrap up shortly. those members will return to the room and continue this heari...

Such. >> when you found that out. >> i dont think it has any affect. those statements can be viewed either way. i dont think -- >> he says theres no collusion. >> chris, ill tell you what -- >> you can starve the investigation. >> what do you do when a person is right? there is no collusion. >> yjeff, lets start with you. there was a lot to that interview, wasnt there? >> there was. you saw the president talk about how he plans to answer these questions, these written questions from the robert m...