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The acting attorney general that there was something nefarious about cnn's presence there. >> are you familiar with public reports or otherwise that a cnn reporter was camped out outside of stone's house when the fbi arrested him? this wouldn't be part of the investigation. >> i am aware of that. it was deeply concerning to me as to how cnn found out about that. >> well, i'm glad we're going down that road, mr. attorney general, because did somebody at the department of justice seemingly share a draft indictment with cnn prior to stone's arrest? or prior t a grand jury's finding of a true bill...

Ranking member doug collins of georgia raised the issue of roger stone's arrest in florida, which cnn was there exclusively to cover, suggesting along with the acting attorney general that there was something nefarious about cnn's presence there. >> are you familiar with public reports or otherwise that a cnn reporter was camped out outside of stone's house when the fbi arrested him? this wouldn't be part of the investigation. >> i am aware of that. it was deeply concerning to me as to how cnn found out about that. >> well, i'm glad we're going down that road, mr. attorney general, because did...

With the special counsel. as i said we can only guess because we invited the congressman on the program and, shocker, he declined. the truth is we got the scoop through plain ole shoe leather reporting and a little luck. a cnn producer and photojournalist were there because our ongoing reporting at the courthouse where the grand jury meets led us to suspect an arrest might be imminent. armed with that, our team was just staking out stone's house. they arrived about an hour before fbi agents went in. no tipoff, just hard work. that's what it looked like on the hill today. the view from the othe...

The real story be we can probably had a shadow conspiracy because it tux into the idea that the mainstream media is in cahoots with the special counsel. as i said we can only guess because we invited the congressman on the program and, shocker, he declined. the truth is we got the scoop through plain ole shoe leather reporting and a little luck. a cnn producer and photojournalist were there because our ongoing reporting at the courthouse where the grand jury meets led us to suspect an arrest might be imminent. armed with that, our team was just staking out stone's house. they arrived about an ...

Wouldn't you? >> do you know what's under the redactions, mr. whitaker? >> i do, sir. >> let me frame it this way. did rod rosenstein give the special counsel the authority to investigate specific americans? >> is mr. mueller honest? >> congressman, i have been on the record about my respect for bob mueller and his ability to conduct this investigation. >> do you believe he's honest, yes or no? >> i have no reason to believe he's not honest, so yes. >> did the president lash out at you? i'm not asking what he tweeted. i don't have a lot of confidence in the veracity of his tweets. i'm asking y...