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Schumer released a memo to investigate unlawful contact prior to the appointment between acting attorney general matt whitaker, and president trump as well as white house chief of staff john kelly. mr. whitaker was seen by officials as a white house spy and known as the west wing's eyes and ears. house democrat jerry nadler who was positioned to take over the judiciary committee has threatened to immediately force whitaker to testify on capitol hill in january. on the white house lawn, the president stood by his choice. >> president trump: he's doing a good job, everybody tells me that matt wh...

Crisis, take action now. speak out against this appointment. >> democrats will urge republicans to come out against them as well. today congressman elijah cummings conceded that he doesn't congress has the power to force whitaker to recuse himself stay in the public pressure campaign will be enough with democrats and republicans on board to make that happen. gillian: thanks for that. care to weigh in on all this is former u.s. attorney and partner at avenue strategies. thank you for your time this afternoon. i want to get right to the heart of the matter with you here, which is when it comes t...

Way to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that? >> will come it's going to be up to him. he's very well politically. he's a very smart person, very respected person. we'll do what's right. >> which he won't overrule if he decides to curtail? >> i would not get involved. all these people say i'm going to end the investigation. how long is this witchhunt gone on? >> democrats and republicans are concerned whitaker could interview in mueller's work or prevent the final work from being made public. democrats continue to call on the acting attorney general to recuse himse...

Getting a permanent replacement in there. is it important to get someone in there as quickly as possible or do you think you can afford to take his time and maybe allow whitaker be in there for months. >> i'm sure the president intends to make an appointment as soon as he can but he also knows that person needs to be thoroughly vetted because he will be hanged that person into one of the most feature the most nature à la confirmation environments i've ever seen based on the recent, no confirmation. perhaps the time it takes to find a replacement will be finding someone willing to subject them...

He's open to sitting down to answer questions as long as those questions are related to any alleged obstruction of justice. in this interview, president trump said that probably won't happen in the soap the written answers they will submit the next week will be enough. >> we gave very, very complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldn't have even been announced and i think that should solve the problem. i hope this solves the problem. if it doesn't, you know, i'll be told and will make a decision at that time. probably this is the end. >> the president last asked about what occurs cri...