the times reports that house democrat examining whether whitaker may have lied under oath. asked about the times allegation, he denied it unequivocally. ied it unequivocally. no, not at all. i don t know who gave you that. there s a lot of fake news out there. no, i didn t. those comments brought to mind another unequivocal denial when news of the hush money payments got out. why did michael cohen well, you d have to ask michael cohen. he s my attorney and you ll have to ask him.