>> that has some democrats like richard blumenthal so worried that this could be the beginning of the end of the mila probe that they filed a lawsuit to try to remove whitaker. >> what's at stake here is not just matt whitaker but all of the decisions the department of justice, the special counsel, investigation, he saw himself to be hostile to that investigation. he's provided a blueprint for strangling and stifling it. the stakes here are very high. >> for now, the probe continues. president trump says he's completed his written answers and will be submitting them to the special counsel's office very soon. >> the questions were asked and answered. it wasn't a big deal. they make it like i had meetings for many, many hours. i got the questions. i responded. we wrote them out. i read them once. i read them a second time. we made some changes. that's it. >> he's agreed to answer questions on paper but not in person at her modes of