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Battle on what executive privilege means. this could go on and on and in the meantime, we could see whitaker delayed and exit the washington scene and claims he's no longer part of the over sight of the responsibility. this is about accountability. we are seeing the white house saying we don't want him accountable. >> well, let's be clear, whitaker, pete, is only the acting general. >> the big hand is five. by monday or tuesday, bill barr, will be the attorney general. >> the relevance of subpoenaing him in the long-term, what is that? there is this period of time in which he ran the justice d...

Problematic if whitaker briefed the president. so this is a case in which we would especially want to see sort of care and diligence. there is also a question about even if the underlying information is true, the investigation is coming to an end. whether or not matt whitaker made those comments in order to sort of help mount a little bit of pressure, right, create that situation, i think that this does all point to the importance of those oversight hearings. whitaker is expected to appear before house committees. he is going to have to ask these questions. i think one of the important questio...

>> even if this bill doesn't pass it's important to send a political message to the new acting attorney general and to the president that they won't stand for any interference in the probe. we've seen challenges to matt whitaker, questions about whether he should recuse or whether his appointment is constitution. all of those are imperfect. there's a political check on the president in normal circumstances. no president would dream of skipping over the usual line of succession to put in an acting general who is clearly biased against the investigation. that's why it's critical to see this bill...

Quote, make rosenstein the proper successor to jeff sessions. maryland is arguing that because they're just in the process of suing jeff sessions over the aca, this whole thing needs to be cleared up fast. they don't want matt whitaker sticking his nose in their affordable care act lawsuit if he's not lawfully able to hold that job. quote, once whitaker appears as acting attorney general, it will be difficult to unwind any positions that the attorney general takes. so this is a federal lawsuit, right? if the judge rules in maryland's favor here, what would happen to matt whitaker? could this f...

Acting attorney general whose never gone through senate confirmation whose nevertheless been put in charge of the mueller investigation and whose been a very controversial choice on the mueller investigation specifically because of his many public comments disparaging the investigation and saying how he thinks it should go. i know you and your fellow incoming chairman were invited to brief other democratic house members during that call. can you share with us what those discussions are like within your caucus right now and what you plan to do, if anything by this new controversial act by the p...