myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. he was not supposed to say that, generally not describe your efforts on national television. he did. now he s at it again. asked by conservative outlet media who he was going to use to replace whitaker, he veered into a de facto admission he hired him to stop mueller. first, he insisted, matthew whitaker is a very respected man, he s very importantly he s respected within doj, debatable. whitaker is somebody who s very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, as he was with jeff sessions, and, you know, look, as far as i m concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should have never been had. it s something that should have never been brought. it s an illegal investigation. okay, nobody asked about the mueller investigation. he doesn t even refer to it the first time.
your efforts on national television. he did. now he s at it again. asked by conservative outlet media who he was going to use to replace whitaker, he veered into a de facto admission he hired him to stop mueller. first, he insisted, matthew whitaker is a very respected man, he s very importantly he s respected within doj, debatable. whitaker is somebody who s very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, as he was with jeff sessions, and, you know, look, as far as i m concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should have never been had. it s something that should have never been brought. it s an illegal investigation. okay, nobody asked about the mueller investigation. he doesn t even refer to it the first time. it s floating in his head and he goes there. this might lead reasonable person to believe that he s become essential to protect the president and his newly installed lackey. the top republican in the senate insisted, there s noth
kind of entire political system is failing us to some extent when the president feels he has the leeway to make an out of bounds appointment in the first place. and once again when asked a question today about the whitaker situation donald trump has robert mueller on the brain. he was asked about his thinking about the attorney general position, meaning have you thought of who you actually want to nominate to be the next attorney general given that matthew whitaker is just the so-called acting attorney general. the daily caller in a softball interview they said, could you tell us where your thinking is kurmtly on the attorney general position, and donald trump immediately says whitaker is just somebody who s very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, as he was with jeff sessions. and, you know, look, as far as i m concerned, this is an investigation that should not have never been brought. it should have never been had. it s something that should have never been broug
and he s very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice. just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained you know, he was with jeff sessions. look, as far as i m concerned this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have been had. it is something that should never have been brought. it is a legal investigation and it s very interesting. when you talk about not senate confirmed. mueller is not senate confirmed. nobody was asking about mueller. nobody was asking about the russia investigation. in fact, you were asked about chris christie and whether or not you were thinking down the road about who might ultimately get this position after matt whitaker. but nevertheless, the president volunteered his response, yeah, he put whitaker in there. you know what? the mueller investigation, that s a problem. so that was, that was late last night 2they released that transcript after we were off the air.
currently on the attorney general position? i know you re happy with matthew whitaker. do you have any names? chris christie? the president responds matthew whitaker is a very respected man, and very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice, just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, he was with jeff sessions. and, you know, look, as far as i m concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have been had. it is something that should have never been brought. it is an illegal investigation, and you know, it s very interesting, because when you talk about not senate-confirmed, well, mueller is not senate confirmed. nobody was asking about mueller. nobody was asking about the russia investigation. in fact, you were asked about chris christie and whether or not you were thinking down the road about who might ultimately get this position after matt whitaker. but nevertheless, the president