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Myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> he was not supposed to say that, generally not describe your efforts on national television. he did. now he's at it again. asked by conservative outlet media who he was going to use to replace whitaker, he veered into a de facto admission he hired him to stop mueller. first, he insisted, matthew whitaker is a very respected man, he's very importantly -- he's respected within doj, debatable. whitaker is somebody who's very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, as he was with jeff sessions, a...

Your efforts on national television. he did. now he's at it again. asked by conservative outlet media who he was going to use to replace whitaker, he veered into a de facto admission he hired him to stop mueller. first, he insisted, matthew whitaker is a very respected man, he's very importantly -- he's respected within doj, debatable. whitaker is somebody who's very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, as he was with jeff sessions, and, you know, look, as far as i'm concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should have never been had. it's so...

Kind of entire political system is failing us to some extent when the president feels he has the leeway to make an out of bounds appointment in the first place. >> and once again when asked a question today about the whitaker situation donald trump has robert mueller on the brain. he was asked about his thinking about the attorney general position, meaning have you thought of who you actually want to nominate to be the next attorney general given that matthew whitaker is just the so-called acting attorney general. the daily caller in a softball interview they said, could you tell us where your...

And he's very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice. just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained -- you know, he was with jeff sessions. look, as far as i'm concerned this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have been had. it is something that should never have been brought. it is a legal investigation and it's very interesting. when you talk about not senate confirmed. mueller is not senate confirmed. nobody was asking about mueller. nobody was asking about the russia investigation. in fact, you were asked ...

Currently on the attorney general position? i know you're happy with matthew whitaker. do you have any names? chris christie? the president responds matthew whitaker is a very respected man, and very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice, just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, he was with jeff sessions. and, you know, look, as far as i'm concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have been had. it is something that should have never been brought. it is an illegal investigation, and y...