Fellow Whitaker News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Of the 2016 trump investigation. it is now a criminal investigation. it is, however, a development that was expected to allow because it allowed them to subpoena testimony but this focus on relitigating what happened in 2016 in the election, isn't that what sort of got the administration in trouble in the first place? >> it is and it's a conspiracy theory that it started any way other than it's been laid out by the senate, bipartisan committee report, by the special prosecutor already and it's just -- don, it really is outrageous that they're doing this and they're not investigating ukraine. t...

And it's a conspiracy theory that it started any way other than has been laid out by the senate in a bipartisan committee report, by the special prosecutor already, and it's just -- don, it really is outrageous that they're doing this and they're not investigating ukraine. that's the anomaly. >> by turning this into a criminal investigation, guy, does this raise concerns that the president is using the doj for his own personal gain? >> absolutely. and has been since barr got there. maybe even before when that fellow whitaker was there. who surfaced again the other day. but barr, his -- the fir...

Under the federal vacancies act. there are three ways you can do it under that act. one is designate the deputy to take charge, choosing someone nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate for a different job, and naming someone serving in senior position in relevant agency for at least 90 days. whitaker fits that third part of the federal vacancies act. >> well, maybe, but there's a much more specific provision as a matter of law, statutory law that provides a distinct order of succession in the department of justice. and when rod rosenstein who was next on the order of succession ...