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Congress essentially if they continued to investigate him. i caught up with one of those chairman elliot engel about the president's threat. he said they're still going to look into the president. >> well, i think it was ridiculous. that's our job. we are a coequal branch of government. we're a separate branch of government. we're in the first article of the constitution even before the president is mentioned. because congress hasn't done its job in the past several years doesn't mean the new congress is going to continue that pattern. investigating is part of what we do. i'm not out to get th...

Attorney in bringing a politically motivated case. those are the types of issues that would be an explorer in a confirmation hearing if he would have gone through a hearing. for a senior position in the justice department. and that's why in part you're seeing so many lawyers across the political spectrum over the last 24 hours raise concerns about the fact he has been elevated to attorney general. having not gone through the process. for service in this administration. >> it's interesting to hear. you heard the president on fox. a month or so ago saying he knows whittaker. and praising him. no...

In 2007, mccoy was a young, gay rising star. in iowa's democratic party. whittaker was the young conservative republican u.s. attorney. for the southern district of iowa. >> at the time you were in indicted, you were openly gay. the only openly gay legislator in the state of iowa. a democrat. you were a considered a rising star. do you think that's why you were targeted? >> absolutely. i believe that's why i was targeted. >> the federal indictment was brief. the u.s. attorney was accusing mccoy of attempted extortion by a public official. mccoy says it was a $2,000 business dispute with a priv...

And slow down or end the mueller investigation. now the president saying he doesn't even know mat whittaker. which is surprise egg. previously he said he did know him. and said it on television. it was actually a lie. people heard it. we'll play it for you in a moment. because it's recorded. first just setting aside the logic of why the president would appoint someone he doesn't know to a position that could have close to over sight on the mueller investigation. it's also just false. whittaker has been to the white house dozens of types. met with the president and spoken on the phone several t...

The attorney office under his direction spent two years going after mccoy. using the fbi. a paid informant. secret recordings. a special prosecutor. and after two years, it took a jury minutes to reach a verdict. not guilty. >> that's correct. tifs acquitted within 20 minutes. >> whittaker was criticized heavily. reports asking why was mccoy prosecuted. asked sf the u.s. attorney case was misplaced or partisan politicking. >> this for most u.s. attorneys decision in court would have been embarrassing. >> yes. >> did he apologize to you. >> no. he never reached out to me. >> i have applied to b...