understandi ining he s not takee reigns yet. that the subpoena is off the table? does the white house have that comfort and confidence? you know, i don t think they have the confidence that it s completely off the table, they have more confidence than they did a couple of weeks ago and they feel like in whitaker, they have something of a safety blanket or at least a way to control the process more. and to make president trump feel like he s in more control of what s going on. but they know that the investigation s going to keep going. there s no plan as far as i know for whitaker to stop the investigation. if it comes to an issue of a subpoena, it s not clear that whitaker would oppose that despite the past statements he s made and despite what we ve been reporting. simply because he would be making that decision in a different context as the aktsing attorney general with much more visibility and so could potentially arrive at a different decision. but he, whitaker being in that job
naught whitaker and did he know before appointing him that he was a critic of the special counsel s investigation. kellyanne: the president has gone the to know him the last year as he was work at the department of justice for 13 months as cheech of staff to attorney general sessions. the president has dealt with matt whitaker in many different situations in the white house. i watched them interact. i watched in whitaker brief the president. chris: did he know he was such a sharp why it i can of the mueller investigation. kellyanne: i am not aware of that. it s not clear to me that in whitaker has been briefed on the mueller investigation. he was chief much staff to a recused attorney general. it s the deputy attorney general and his chief and his team who
naught whitaker and did he know before appointing him that he was a critic of the special counsel s investigation. kellyanne: the president has gone the to know him the last year as he was work at the department of justice for 13 months as cheech of staff to attorney general sessions. the president has dealt with matt whitaker in many different situations in the white house. i watched them interact. i watched in whitaker brief the president. chris: did he know he was such a sharp why it i can of the mueller investigation. kellyanne: i am not aware of that. it s not clear to me that in whitaker has been briefed on the mueller investigation. he was chief much staff to a recused attorney general. it s the deputy attorney general and his chief and his team who
acry combative press conference today for almost al hour and a half. at one point, branding a reporter s question as racist after she asked about his support for nationalist and whether that will support might embolden white nationalists. i want to bring in someone who had her own run oil in with the president today. april ryan, a white house correspondent and the author of under fire, reporting from the frontlines of the trump white house. so it seemed like a perfectly legitimate question to most people it, april. good evening to you. i just want to get your response to this exchange between president trump anya michal sin door, can the white house correspondent for pbs. here it is. on the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saul that as emboldening white nationalists. why would you say that. such a racist question. some people say now the republican party is seen as supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric. i don t believe it.
john kelly didn t even do it pa is to face but opted to fire him by phone. kelly even refused to grant sessions request to stay on until friday. matthew whitaker who started the day as sessions chief of staff finishes as the acting ag. he will be overseeing the mueller investigation. relieving the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein of that responsibility. in whitaker, the president found an ally who has publicly questioned the scope of the investigation. i asked him last year why trump wouldn t publicly say if he would fire mueller. this is his answer. i think that it s very dangerous politically but legally there is certainly a way for that to happen. you don t think that s dangerous legally? it s not obstruction? he s saying beak unless you unless it goes my way, i m going to fire. you no, i don t think that s ob instructions because i movie we keep using that term. well, whitaker has also