if he was put before guess, i doubt he would have been confirmed before the senate. now there's all eyes on him because he is overseeing an important investigation for the next 210 days. >> jim, do you know anything about whitaker? let me ask real quick if you know anything about whitaker being considered at one point to join trump's legal team. >> i don't know anything about that. that's up to the president's private lawyers to the extent those discussions were taking place. i represented the white house and the white house counsel's office. going back to the constitutional issue, clearly this is a temporary and special circumstance. it's well within the province of the president to appoint whoever he wants. he doesn't have to appoint an inferior officer, meaning a deputy attorney general or one of the assistant attorneys general s to that position. it's not required. it's not required by the law. it's not required by the constitution. if he wants to have matt whitaker for 210 days for this temporary position, he's well