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Force his attorney general's hand, i suppose, to hold back independent federal prosecutors, pursuing crimes. >> i think this is the exact concern people had when president trump sort of hand plucked matt whitaker to be the acting attorney general out of this line of succession, somebody who was not senate confirmed and president trump made clear he didn't like a number of actions mueller's team had taken, a number of these reports regarding michael cohen that have implicated president trump. he was livid about that and shared those frustrations with matthew whitaker. it is pretty stunning beca...