matt whitaker about the mueller probe. >> would you say special counsel's investigation is a witch hunt? are you overseeing a witch hunt? and family separation. >> do you know what kind of damage has been done? >> then new allegations about blackmail and the "national enquirer" and why it could mean trouble for the president. >> i have always said, why didn't the "national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize. >> and a "washington post" block buster report. >> i'm going to end illegal immigration. >> on a pipeline of undocumented workers from costa rica. all in starts now. >> good evening, from new york, i'm joy reid in for chris hayes. when the president appointed matt whitaker to be the acting attorney general last fall, violating the justice department's order of succession and possibly the constitution, democrats feared it had nothing