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Make matt whittaker his acting attorney general, a move that puts a critic of the probe in charge of it. >> i didn't know matt whittaker. he worked for attorney general sessions. he was very, very highly thought of and still is highly thought of, but this only comes up because anybody that works for me, they do a number on them. >> reporter: the president repeatedly claimed he didn't know whittaker. >> i don't know matt whittaker. >> reporter: but that's not true if you believe what mr. trump told "fox news" last month. >> i never talk about that, but i can tell you matt whittaker is a great g...

Very strong person and strong personality and i think that's wh what's they need. [inaudible] >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying to get publicity for himself. why don't you do this, why don't you ask kellyanne that question, all right? she might know him better than me. i really don't know the guy. [inaudible] >> when you make a comment, first of all, when you make comments i see everybody on television all these lawyers and law enforcement people making comment after comment. they never ask to get recused. they make comments. the fact you go on fox or cnn or

Strong personality. and i think that's what they need. [ inaudible question ] >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? [ inaudible ] >> just trying to get a couple of minutes for himself. why don't you do, why don't you ask kellyanne that question, all right? she might know him better than me. i really don't know the guy. [ inaudible ] >> well, when you make a comment, first of all -- first -- let me speak, please. when you see comments, i see everybody on television, all these lawyers, all these law enforcement people making comment after comment. they never asked to get recused. they make comments....

They're not just legal tweets. >> if you look in context with most of them, are specifically calling attention to legal issues with legal aspects of this administration. he as an attorney feels about them. there are also quite a few about major league baseball and the philadelphia eagles. so you have to look at this from the standpoint of someone who is top of their legal game. my point is, this has absolutely nothing to do with kellyanne conway's work performance in the white house. the president is satisfied with her work performance. this week she did a tremendous job with military -- the e...

Account and saying what he believes. >> i would guess that he probably didn't ask kellyanne if this was okay. but i think he's got a good point and while president trump has used twitterer very effectively, often times it's caused a great deal of self inflicted wounds and the more he talks about the travel ban or the muslim ban or not a ban or is a ban on twitter, i think it sets up problems for the case as it goes higher up in the court system. so i think less is more in this case and i think he and the staff would be best served driving their message, driving what they talked today about -- ...