Whitaker: I Have Not Talked To The President About Mueller Probe

Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. attorney general, attends the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.(Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. attorney general, attends the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.(Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Friday that he had not talked to President Trump or “senior White House officials” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations.

He confirmed that he himself has been briefed on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, an assertion he previously made at a press conference last month. However, he refused to answer Chairman Jerry Nadler’s (D-NY) questions about the number of briefings on Mueller’s probe he received, or whether any of those briefings occurred before he made his decision not to recuse from oversight of the probe.

Whitaker, however, stressed that he had followed special counsel regulations “to a T” in his oversight of the Mueller probe.

“There’s been no event, no decision that has required me to take any action and I have not interfered in any way with the special counsel’s investigation,” Whitaker said,

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  1. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Friday that he had not talked to President Trump or “senior White House officials” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations.

    Very nice, now what about discussions of the SDNY investigation?

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    This seems like it would have been a really, really good time for a do-not-recall. Maybe they don’t teach that at Iowa Butterhead Football Factory.

  3. Avatar for jeof jeof says:

    So far the Republican portion of this thing basically looks like Foghorn Leghorn blowing a big cloud of smoke to help Elmer Fudd hide.

  4. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Friday that he had not talked to President Trump or “senior White House officials” about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations.

    Based upon nothing I have to believe that is a complete falsehood. Foced to wager their next year's wages there might be 3 sentient people on the continent that would bet he's being truthful.

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