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Crash on their shores, the attacks on comey, the attacks on the truth. it gets in through whit ter, it gets in through his office, he had trying to reassign u.s. attorneys from the u.s. sourp district or other offices. i imagine he didnt have the capacity to lie. i imagine that if he had he would have done it when he pressed about robert mueller, so what are you left with? what impression are you left with after watching whittaker today? >> his long violences and pauses were suspicioususpicious....

Legitimate and i was saying under the vacancies act, the deputy attorney general is the first assistant and would be the aropuation designee to fill that role. >> i just wanted to address that issue quickly. the first assistant together with any other senate confirmed individual, together with anyone that served 90 days in the last 365 days at a senior position is eligible to be -- there is no ranking or hierarchy of the three positions. im in the third bucket. i just want to make sure were clea...

With democrats in control of the house, one of the first priorities is oversight of the under qualified man currently running the justice department. matt whitaker who was never confirmed by the senate and confirmed in a cabinet meeting made clear how he got the job. >> sir, mr. president, i will highlight the fact that you stayed in washington, d.c. over the holidays, giving up christmas and new years with your family trying to bring an end to the shut down and security to the southern border. ...

Either generawhitaker, we wrote views on mueller, we wanted ton it is reported that we are going to get a response today. it is reported in the press. somebo the doj cleared whit ter to oversee rosenstein and we need to hear an answer on that. i that troubling as well. we see this constant

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...

Budget and get in the way. he said mueller, he thought had too broad of a scope and any requests that went into the presidents finances are over the limit. the signals coming quickly saying no intention of recusal. what does that tell you? >> if whit ter oversaw this probe and did nothing to clip muellers wings, this would die down quickly. the question immediately is going to turn to, is he going to do any of the things he previously talked to try to curtail the mueller investigation, whether i...