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Appointment of whitaker, has thatculus of these witnesses that were willing to cooperate, do they feel like they're going to get a pardon, and if they do, why do they feel they're going to get a pardon? we're going to have to explore all of that. i will say one other thing that leapt out to me about the statement of offense, and that is the discussion that corsi and roger stone had after our committee interviewed mr. stone. there's a lot of material that i think needs to be shared with the special counsel, because as more and more of these facts come to the surface, it looks increasingly likel...

This, and it does beg the question, why is all of this happening all of a sudden. why is it all happening now that manafort is attempting to double deal, that corsi looks like he's attempting to double deal. is any of this related to the appointment of whitaker, has that changed the calculus of these witnesses that were willing to cooperate, do they feel like they're going to get a pardon, and if they do, why do they feel they're going to get a pardon? we're going to have to explore all of that. i will say one other thing that leapt out to me about the statement of offense, and that is the dis...

About robert mueller and the russia investigation, and mr. whitaker's otherwise thin and sort of troubled resume that by no stretch of the imagination would make him a contender to be the attorney general of the united states in any other circumstances, because of all that, it's been widely suspected since that appointment was first announced, that the whole reason whitaker was installed at justice was to squash the mueller investigation behind the scenes, with mueller now reporting with whitaker. the regulations that govern the special counsel's office say that mueller has to run by whitaker ...

This reported investigation that whitaker will technically oversee and in the meantime, kate, given whitaker's past comment about the russia investigation, the questions do linger, since whitaker likely won't recuse himself, how will he handle what comes next in the russia probe and will he essentially try to shut it down. whitaker ignored questions to that effect when our cnn producer caught up with him earlier today. "outfront" with me now, ken cuccinelli, former attorney general of virginia and renatta, former federal prosecutor. it's great to see you guys. ken, the president, he just put...

It's not going to find anything of a criminal nature that you did. i suspect the president will follow that advice. the selection of whitaker is a huge error given whitaker's background and his public statements he is not attorney general material. >> thank you all for weighing in. i really appreciate. good to have you with us. >> now, with control of the house democratic committees are setting their sights on investigating the trump administration. congressman eric who sits on both the judiciary and the intel committees is here. you're live in the cnn newsroom. you're live in the cnn newsroom...