Blockbuster report. Im going to end illegal immigration. On a pipeline of undocumented workers from costa rica to Donald Trumps golf course. With immigration, you better be smart and you better be tough and theyre taking your jobs. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. In for chris hayes. Fwlrs the president appointed Matt Whitaker to be the acting attorney general last fall, violating the Justice Departments ord of succession and possibly the constitution, they believed had everything to do with his loyalty to donald trump and his public hostility to the Mueller Investigation. In his combative, often evasive testimony before the house judiciary committee, whitaker did little to ease concerns that hes nothing more than a political hack, installed to run interference for the president. The acing attorney general defended his decision to not recuse himself from oversight of the Mueller Investigation, despite having been advised to do so by ethics officials. Then he denied
Roger stone. Would you say the special counsels investigation is a witch hunt . Are you overseeing a witch hunt . Congressman, as i have mentioned previously, the special counsels investigation is an Ongoing Investigation and i think it would be inappropriate for me. But you wouldnt oversee a witch hunt, wouldnt you, youd stop a witch hunt, wouldnt you. It would be inappropriate to talk about an Ongoing Investigation. Whitaker insisted despite having interviewed for a job at the white house as lead attorney, his personal views on the investigation never came up with anyone inside the president s orbit. Did they talk to you about your prior opinions about the muell mueller investigation. We discussed my legal process. Youre asking me whether or not i talked with anybody in the president s circle about my views of the special counsels investigation when i was a private season not at the department of justice, no, i did not. The clear evidence of how whitaker understands his role as Donal