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>> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up and so. [laughter] we -- i am here voluntarily. we have agreed to five-minute rounds and. [gavel] >> martha: that was just the beginning for acting attorney general matthew whitaker's contentious testimony on capitol hill today. democrats first at bat as majority on the committee wasted no time trying to nail down whether whitaker was acting actively against the mueller probe. >> you wouldn't oversee a witch-hunt, would you? you would stop a witch-hunt, wouldn't you? can you say right now mr. president bob mueller is honest and not conflicted...

Ju fidiciary chairman will be te at 9:30 and explains why the local ran out of jiffy pop tonight. this should be incredible. there is wrangling as reportedly at lot of conser nation how whitaker might do at the hearing because of the back and forth and questions as to whether or not he would be able to appear and i mean able in a number of ways, whitaker has been advised about a lot of things he'll be asked about. questions about the firing of former attorney general jeff sessions and whether white house officials and the president himself contacted whitaker about replacing sessions. whether t...

Whitaker might do in this hearing. the questions back and forth about whether or not he would be able to appear, and i mean able in a number of different ways. whitaker's already been advised about a lot of the things he's going to be asked about. questions about the firing of former attorney general jeff sessions and whether white house officials or the president himself contacted whitaker about replacing sessions. whether those discussions included the possibility of whether whitaker would recuse from overseeing the mueller investigation. questions about whether whitaker consulted with the w...

Russia's meddling in our 2016 election and whether the president knew about it, but they also seem to leave matt whitaker vulnerable himself. with the mind of both of those prongs, if i can go through the questions with you. you want to ask him if he had any communication with any white house official including but not limited to president trump about the possible appointment of acting ag that. seems to also get at whether whitaker obstructed justice, did it not? >> it could be read that way. depends on how matt whitaker answers that question. if he wants to invoke executive privilege, he has ...

Accounts. it matters because the court -- mueller's team is still fighting in court about sensitive information that the special counsel's office does not want to turn over to concord out of fear that the information will wind up in the hands of the russians. now, that fight is still playing out and i think that latest 2350i8ing could tilt the deck mueller's team so this i won't ultimate itly have to provide t information. >> and let's get to whether whitaker will interfere that the report will be shelved or silenced. the president gave an interview and he says i could have ended everything, i...