the fox news senior judicial analyst, andrew napolitano agrees. he says he is not legally qualified because of precise laws after the nixon watergate break. he says the president has put the justice department in a dangerous spot by appointing whittaker. here is his argument. whatever he does as an acting attorney general is null and void and whatever other people in the d.o.j. do in response to what he does may be null and void. we really have a very dangerous situation here. already, the president appears to be distancing himself from the appoint tee the day after he named whittaker to take the job. the president said, i don t know matt whittaker after saying repeatedly before he does know him. he said so on this network. the new york times says he has frequently visiting the oval office. democrats want whittaker to
recuse himself from the russian investigation. some republicans argue there is a double standard when it comes to recuseals. katherine heritage reporting. reporter: congressman, jerry nadler, said acting attorney general, matt whittaker s past media appearances smacked of bias. he should recuse himself. he has expressed total hostilities to the investigation. he has said the investigation shouldn t go forward. someone who has said that should not be in charge of deciding on the investigation. reporter: also, in january, the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, devon nunez, alleged surveillance on the trump campaign will hand the gavel to ranking democrat, adam schiff. he said that whittaker will be investigated. we are going to find out whether he made commitments to the president about the probe, whether he is serving as a back