mueller s investigation of funds rather than actually fire him. in that interview and elsewhere whitaker has said that robert mueller is highly respected and likely doesn t pay attention to news swirling around the justice department, but whitaker has also tweeted about the investigation linking to his own writing and other articles commenting things like, worth a read, about the president s ability to fire the special counsel and characterizing the investigation as a fishing expedition. according to the new york times he was recommended by leonard leo who is the head of the federalist society, that s the same group that provided approved lists of supreme court choices to the president. whitaker was involved in a so-called invention marketing company based in miami that the federal trade commission has labeled a scam. stephanie? joining us now former deputy assistant attorney general elliott williams. elliott, help us out here. this guy has a very, very public view on the mueller p