now whitaker has taken the job of overseeing the investigation, and he is fighting back against accusations that he's going to try to rein in or undermine the probe. bloomberg news reports the acting attorney general has told associates that the justice department under his new leadership will not cut the budget for mueller's investigation, even though the only place that suggestion came from was him in this interview. he specifically put that idea out there as an option last year on tv, available for everyone to see. this is not hard journalistic work for us. he also continued to field questions about whether his ability to be acting attorney general was constitutional. noting the city currently has four cases proceeding against the department of justice, that name fired attorney general jeff sessions as the defendant. san francisco city attorney is asking the justice department to provide the legal justification behind elevating whitaker to lead the justice department. rod rosenstein would have been the natural choice, by the way, otherwise the city said it may