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Commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> ultimately, if trump asked whitaker to intervene in the cohen probe and stack it with his ally, then not only did whitaker lie under oath, then this would also be a lie. >> did you ask acting attorney general matthew whitaker to change the leadership of the investigation into your former personal attorney, michael cohen? >> no, not at all. i don't know who gave you that. that's more fake news. a lot of -- there's a lot of fake news out there. >> but why would trump ask whitaker to interfere in the cohen i...

What we're doing. >> are there lines of inquiry that you would be pursuing through document requests like these or some other means that you'd like to be pursuing but you aren't specifically because of special counsel's waved you off or southern district waved you off? >> no, no. we're not pursuing the whole question of collusion with the russians, for example, because the intelligence committee is pursuing that. >> let me ask about -- talking about obstruction of justice. there's been a drama that you can see a lot more of and we can only see a little bit as the public that relate to whether ...

You aren't specifically because of special counsel's waved you off or southern district waved you off? >> no, no. we' we're for example, the intelligence committee. >> we're talking about justice. it's been a drama you can see a lot and whitaker to intervene in the southern district of new york asking there are reports, whitaker asked if a different prosecutor could be put in charge of the cohen matter for example. you suggest in letters made public your committee has evidence that the president did in fact ask whitaker to lean on sdny. can you talk to us about that at all? >> i can't get into...

Testifying. again, i want to play what the acting attorney general matt whitaker said during his house testimony about communication with the white house and the russia investigation. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> so with the "new york times" reporting that the president did ask whitaker to intervene in the cohen investigation essentially, is that perjury? >> well, that's a legal question. i'm probably not the best person to give that answer. but i will sa...

Commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> i like to point out that promises and commitments are different from the president asking you to hook a brother up. i want to bring in the panel. ken delynnian, national security reporter, phil rucker, white house bureau chief with the "washington post," jessica rothe, professor at cordoza law school and former federal prosecutor with the southern district of new york and my friend nick akerman. he was also with new york southern district as a former assistant u.s. attorney and currently a partner at dors...