but trump s appointment of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general has drawn concern about mueller s future. whitaker will oversee the probe in his new role and has in the past raised questions about the legitimacy of the investigation and mueller s appointment as special counsel. meanwhile, senator jeff flake and fellow judiciary member chris coons will be pushing to protect mueller. joining me is senator chris coons. it s good to see you after i feel like it s been too long since i saw any of you in the halls of the capitol. it s been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the election. thank you for being here. i want to start with that legislation you have with senator flake. mitch mcconnell seems to be on the record. he was saying there s nothing to worry about. mueller is not in any sort of jeopardy. do you agree with that assessment, and what should they be doing?
a guy just dropped this off. he-he-he-he. with election day now behind usome are predicting robert mueller could be getting ready to submit his final report in the russia investigation. but trump s appointment of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general has drawn concern about mueller s future. whitaker will oversee the probe
president trump s pick matthew whittaker that served as chief of staff for jeff sessions. met with concern from both sides of the isle. it stems from matt whittaker s comments. mueller s appointment and flatout denying the trump campaign colluded. you may be surprised to hear the president say this about his choice for acting attorney general. i don t know matt whitaker. whitaker works for jeff sessions and he s extremely thought of and still is but i didn t know matt whitaker. after that you may be more surprised to hear him say this about whitaker just last month. one of the questions in the washington post this morning, it says that you talked to the