Whitaker Won’t Walk Back His Mueller ‘Witch Hunt’ Diss

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 08: Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. F... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 08: Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. Following a subpoena fight between committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and the Justice Department, Whitaker was questioned about his oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Given the opportunity to walk back his comments, before joining the Justice Department, that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation might be a “witch hunt,” acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker declined to do so at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Friday.

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) brought up Whitaker’s “witch hunt” comment, which he made in a CNN column, that if Mueller probed President Trump’s finances it “would raise serious concerns that the special counsel’s investigation was a mere witch hunt.”

Would you say the special counsel’s investigations is a witch hunt? Are you overseeing a witch hunt?” Cohen said.

Instead of addressing the comments, Whitaker said it would be inappropriate for him to talk about an ongoing investigation.

 

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  1. Whitaker not understand question. Whittaker not see Harry Potter movies. Mom say too intense for Whitaker.

  2. “Instead of addressing the comments, Whitaker said it would be inappropriate for him to talk about an ongoing investigation.”

    But he has done so. He is claiming that his actions were inappropriate.

    Awesome.

  3. “Would you say the special counsel’s investigations is a witch hunt? Are you overseeing a witch hunt?” Cohen said.

    Instead of addressing the comments, Whitaker said it would be inappropriate for him to talk about an ongoing investigation.

    Well, how about witches? Would it be appropriate to talk about witches? And how about the courageous hunters of those witches? Can we talk about them?

  4. Stand your ground?

  5. Is he made of wood?

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