Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20181117:21:49:00
As long as there's been a department of justice, congress has mandated only a senate confirmed official can serve as acting attorney general. those provisions are mandatory. the president cannot designate anyone else because whitaker's appointment does not satisfy the appointments clause, it is unlawful and he cannot serve as acting attorney general. i mean, they say look, the guy's not confirmed by the senate so it's illegal. >> yeah, but what goldstein says in that pleading is not correct. the federal vacancies reform act in fact a allows this to be done and what he is saying, what goldstein...