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The "new york times" says what drew the president's attention to matthew whittaker and over time the attention of democrats when on 2017 whittaker appeared on cnn to talk about mueller's russia probe. he argued that the president made the right call in the firing of former fbi director jim comey saying president trump made the right decision. in an op-ed he argued that investigations into the president's business and finances raise serious concerns that the special council's investigation was a mere witch hunt. on cnn in july of 2017 he suggested a new attorney general could starve mueller's i...

Whitaker has personal ties to one of the witnesses in the mueller investigation. he was the campaign chairman for sam clovis' 2014 bid for state treasurer in iowa. clovis has been interviewed by mueller's team, testified before the grand jury. and according to "the washington post," clovis was also lifted as an unnamed campaign supervisor in the indictment of former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos. so as we all know, the president has railed against mueller's investigation from the very beginning, calling it a hoax, a witch hunt 160 times since last spring. trump has even floated the i...

Responsibility. whit ter the president found an ally. who questioned the scope of the investigation. i asked him last year why trump wouldn't say he would fire mueller. >> it's dangerous politically. legally there are certainly a way for that to happen. >> you don't think it's dangerous legally it's not obstruction? unless you it goes my way i'm going to fire you. >> no. i don't think that's obstruction. we keep using that term. >> whittaker also previously questioned the scope of the special counsel investigation saying examining the trump family finances would be would raise serious concerns...

Bob mueller, but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> so whitaker also argued that rosenstein should limit the scope of mueller's investigation in an august 2017 op-ed for cnn.com. this was the title of it. the title was "mueller's investigation of trump is going too far." and it said in part in that op-ed, any investigation into president trump's finances or the finances of his family would require mueller to return to rod rosenstein for additional authority under mueller's appointment as special counsel. if he were to continue to investigate th...

His feelings toward the russia investigation. here he was on cnn in july of last year before he worked at justice. listen. >> i could see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller, but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to an almost halt. >> grinds to a halt. whitaker also writing an opinion piece for cnn last summer and it was titled "mueller's investigation of trump is going too far." and also writing this. if mueller was investigating trump's finances, this would raise serious concerns...