vested with law enforcement authority of the entire united states government. >> exactly. so the attorney general supervises all the prosecutors who are senate confirmed, 94 prosecutors supervises a deputy attorney general, the solicitor general. he literally puts people to death. he seeks that power. it is the most awesomest of powers, and the idea that the president could install his own lacquers is something that the founders would have rebelled against. justice thomas wrote an opinion about this three years ago, saying the whole idea the founders had was a president could become tyrannical or become corrupt. and the whole idea of a cabinet, and to have senate confirmation is to prevent and have an independent check on that kind of abuse. this is literally playing out before our eyes right now. >> we don't know if the president had a conversation with whitaker about whether or not whitaker would try to recuse himself from the mueller investigation. it seems hard to believe that the president would be putting