never talk about conversations that i had. >> wait, what? for clarification, let's just play what the president said today and what he said a few weeks back ago back-to-back. >> i didn't speak to matt whitaker about it. i don't know matt whitaker. i mean i know matt whitaker. >> i mean i know matt whitaker. >> i don't know matt whitaker. >> i mean, i know matt whitaker. >> 18 attorneys general called on whitaker to recuse himself. massachusetts attorney general laura healey. so what is the case that you lay out in the letter, why write this letter to the attorney general? >> chris, i just think its really important that as prosecutors we step forward and state what i think is evident to the american public and that is, we need a justice department that the public can trust and can rely on. this isn't a partisan issue, this isn't a matter of democracy and the rule of law and if matthew whitaker was installed