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That is patently false. people close to the president told "the new york times," quote, mr. whitaker first came to the attention of mr. trump because he liked watching mr. whitaker express skepticism about aspects of mr. mueller's investigation on television. we've all seen it. bald guy, looks like me says the mueller investigation doesn't make sense, and you can starve it of funds. this is not the first contradictory claim donald trump made about matt whitaker. >> i don't know matt whitaker. i can tell you matt whitaker's a great guy. i mean, i know matt whitaker. >> i don't know matt whitake...

Times," though, quote, whitaker first came to the attention of mr. trump because he liked watching mr. whitaker express skepticism about aspects of mr. mueller's investigation. in numerous media appearances throughout 2017, whitaker was an outspoken -- was outspoken on the subject, i should say, of the investigation. here are some of whitaker's views, again, which the president says he was unaware of. >> there is a red line here, and bob mueller doesn't have the authority currently to look into unrelated trump finances. i just -- i think the premise as to why he was appointed in the first pl...

Who he just picked to oversee robert mueller. >> did you know before you appointed him that he had that record and was so critical of robert mueller? >> i did not know that. i did not know he took views on the mueller investigation as such. >> and when you found that out? >> i don't think it had any effect. if you look at those statements, those statements can really be viewed either way. >> but he says there's no collusion, he says you can -- >> what do you do when a person's right? there is no collusion. he happened to be right. >> no idea, no affect. the president said he had no idea, no id...