did not talk to the president about the mueller investigation. have you ever spoken to the president or parts of his legal team about information that you ve learned in your capacity as acting attorney general related to the mueller investigation or any other criminal investigation involving the president? congressman, while i have specifically been saying that i m not going to comment about my conversations with the president or his senior staff, i have been also been very clear that the president has not instructed me to do anything so that wasn t my question. my question was, have you had conversations about what you learned? that s a yes or a no. all of that by the way, all of this stems from cnn this explosive reporting that we got, that he lashed out after these revelations from michael cohen. watching that now, what do you
that his conduct, it s one of the reasons that mattis decided that the president of the united states is a danger to the national security of the united states. that mcmaster decided the president of the united states is a danger to the national security of the united states. all of this is a matrix that tells us how extraordinary this is, both in regard to the competence of the president of the united states and to whether he s capable of serving in such a way as to represent the real interests of the united states of america. maggie, i want to turn to your reporting now. i ve been reading it and it s really unbelievable. the president calls his acting ag, matthew whitaker, back in november to request the southern district of new york attorney and trump ally jeffrey berman to really un-recuse himself from the michael cohen investigation. it s another example of the president attempting to get a perceived loyalist in charge of an investigation that involves himself. walk us through w
with him and the republican party in washington has not turned against his obvious obstructionism, demeaning of a legitimate investigation, tells us an awful lot about what s happening here, and his rallies. his rallies in which he is calling the press, you know, enemy of the people, in which he is inciting his people to go after those who are conducting these investigations as illegitimate. that we really have a situation in which we re dealing with a demagogue. yeah, and we ve never had a demagogue-in-chief before. i ve got to tell you, though, all good things come to an end, and sometimes it s just term limits. but all of that goodwill, that will come to an end, trust me. i m older than you, i know more. yes. we ll be right back. we ll keep discussing with this group. don t go anywhere. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that s why there s otezla.
anger at fashion giant burberry, the company pulling an ad that had a noose around the neck. not very fashionable. no. i m christine romans. it is wednesday, february 20th, it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. nice to see you again. let s begin with the president facing more obstruction of justice questions in the wake of a new york times report that scissors the president pushed to have a federal prosecutor appointed during his administration oversee the michael cohen investigation. mr. trump had by that point already been implicated in the compahen probe. the times reports that late last year he called math knew whisker to ask if the u.s. attorney in manhattan could supervise it. the ro are t report is raising concerns about obstruction of justice. the phone call would be evidence of what? corrupt intent.
nothing there. i thought it was fascinating, the hat tip i said to elie honig, who pointed out, three of this president s key picks, william barr for attorney general, brett kavanaugh for supreme court and matthew whitaker for ag all were chosen because they gave arguments against an investigation. it is an interesting observation. brett kavanaugh, it was a law review article, so it was a little more abstract, but it was about, you know, how negative investigations can be on the ability of a president to do his job. but, you know, as you showed on the air, the only reason that whitaker was hired by the administration because he was on our air, he was a contributor here attacking mueller. and the person on air with him that night in the green room said the whole plan was to come on air and talk to him.