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For him to be simply talking to congress, that's not his job. it wasn't my job when i was there. if adam schiff wants to find out what his intentions are, he intends, i guess, to subpoena him. >> melissa: in the meantime, whitaker has a poorly told associates he won't cut mueller's budget for it he told them last week that his appointment has "no effect on his ongoing investigation." i wonder if this is a trap for democrats. because this is an interim appointment that has them twisted in knots and making threats. to me it seems almost like a set up, a clever set up by the trump administration....

Was an adviser for beginning in 2014. he was a paid member and hands on seen here explaining a proposed product for a hot tub. >> it's a unique design. >> reporter: world patent marketing build itself as helping inventers secure patents. a judgment was won for bilking thousands of customers out of millions of dollars. with the frk bi investigating i could pose another conflict of interest. he overseas the fbi. he said in 2017 he guessed any replacement for jeff sessions would cut mueller's budget so the russia investigation would grinds to halt. we know he will motnot recuse himself. will he t...

>> i'm a new testament. and i what i know is as long as they have that world view, that they will be a good judge. >> and now "the wall street journal" reports the fbi investigating, a shut down florida company that whitaker was an adviser for in 2014. whitaker was a paid member of the advisory board and he was hands-on, seen here explaining a proposed product for a hot tub. >> it is a unique design. >> reporter: the patent marketing billed itself as helping people to secure patents but there was a judgment against the company for bilking thousands of customers out of millions of dollars. now ...

A good judge. >> reporter: and raising more red flags, his comments right before he rejoined the justice department in october 2017. he was a u.s. attorney for five years, starting in 2004. >> i think it smells a little fishy. >> reporter: whitaker there referring to the special counsel's investigation, worried it could turn into a fishing expedition, in his words, and saying would be sure to shut it down if it did. >> i would be one of the ones jumping up and down. >> good for you, yeah. >> and make sure the investigation continues, because that's the way it's supposed to be. >> reporter: and...

Direct impact on this investigation. he could decide whether or not to make that report that bob mueller will write public. whether or not you and i and the public get to see what those results are on obstruction, on collusion, all these big questions that we have been trying to get to the bottom of for over a year. he could also decide whether or not to stand up to the white house or to congress on whether or not to declassify certain documents. we have seen rod rosenstein do that in the past. it's not clear that whittaker would have the same backbone. he could cut mueller's knees out by curt...