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Himself. similar to what jeff sessions was told. if he doesn't recuse himself, democrats are bowing to launch investigations into his appointments once they take control. >> i want to make himself very clear. if he doesn't recuse himself or has any involvement whatsoever, we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whether he serving as a back channel or his lawyers. whether he's doing anything to interfere. >> reporter: at kelleyanne conway defended the choice of matt whitaker and said the concerns of democrats are overblown in part because she's not...

Concerns of democrats are overblown in part because she's not clear whitaker has even been briefed on the mueller produce chief mueller produce chief of staff of jeff sessions should recuse himself from the case. >> he's made that very clear and now go a little bit farther. it would be a mistake to shut down the investigation in the way that you describe it because we've been so compliant. >> democrats are buying now. if whitaker does not recuse himself they went to protect mueller in a spending bill which requires 60 votes to pass, which means they may threaten a government shutdown over this...

Think the president has obstr t obstructed justice. you have a guy running this entire investigation that has been openly critical of the way it's been handled. he will have overall sight of this investigation. one of the things that i think we're all going to be looking for that for those of us who have been covering this is whether he tries to speed up this, tells special counsel, ok, we're done. let's go, let's move and ge this over with. >> he's made it clear whitaker was not going to be the acting attorney general, that there are ways to limit mueller's probe, reduce the budget, for examp...

Was set to go except for the fact that rosenstein did not get fired or resign. clearly, whitaker has been making move for quite some time behind the sooepsz, woman. >> i'm going to show you some video of the farewell they staged for sessions. there was an awkward hand shake he had with whitaker. watch this. i assume you can see him. he's sort of saying goodbye right there. waving, getting some applause from various justice department officials. he looked a little -- you saw that hand shake. it was a little awkward. >> the whole thing is incredibly awkward. here's this man, he achieves his life...