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Republican or a democrat? listen to this exchange with congressman david cicilline. >> did the president lash out at you after michael cohen's guilty plea for lying to congress about a trump organization project to build a trump tower in moscow? >> the president specifically tweeted that he had not lashed out. >> i'm asking you, mr. whitaker, did the president lash out at you? i'm not asking what he tweeted. i don't have a lot of confidence in the veracity of his tweets. i'm asking you under oath. >> congressman, that is based on an unsubstantiated -- >> sir, answer the question. yes or no? di...

Question. the actual ramifications are huge in the event prosecutors decide to pursue this act. >> i'm sure this is not the end. we'll have you back to discuss further. thank you very much, look forward to it. >> thanks, ana. major fireworks as the president's acting a.g. goes toe to toe with newly empowered democrats in the house. >> where did you come from, and how the heck did you become the head of the department of justice? hopefully you can help me work through this confusion. >> well, congressman -- >> mr. whittaker that was a statement not a question. i assume you know the difference...

Bobbing and weaving, running out the clock. six hours of political theater designed to impress an audience of one, by a man who's only going to be acting a.g. for just another few days and may very well be angling for his next job. so how did he do? white house officials telling cnn, quote, the hearing went as expected. i bet it did. and here's what officials were really expecting to hear. they were expecting to hear whitaker say that he didn't discuss the mueller investigation with trump, and the acting a.g., well, he delivered. >> the question is whether you shared your private opinions of t...

Halt. >> just two months later, whitaker was named chief of staff to then a.g. jeff sessions. later taking on the job of acting a.g. when sessions was fired by the president. speaking to an audience of one just like he did today on capitol hill. this is whitaker trying to act cute when chairman jerry nadler wanted to know if he'd been asked to approve any of mueller's actions. here it is. >> now, in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up, and so -...

Acting attorney general matt whitaker dodging questions, bobbing and weaving, running out the clock. six hours of political theater designed to impress an audience of one, by a man who's only going to be acting a.g. for just another few days and may very well be angling for his next job. so how did he do? white house officials telling cnn, quote, the hearing went as expected. i bet it did. and here's what officials were really expecting to hear. they were expecting to hear whitaker say that he didn't discuss the mueller investigation with trump, and the acting a.g., well, he delivered. >> the ...