i think the person has the authority to oversee the investigation should not usually not the politics invade their decisions. they haven t really suggested a person that could be appointed that doesn t have an opinion about what s gone on for the last two years. i don t know that person even exists. transfer look at current act dean attorney general whitaker and well, i ll let you decide for yourself, but here is what he said about the ongoing probe. i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and the attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller that reduces budget so low has investigation grinds to an almost tall. so, you know, talk like that is certainly can we agree is that billy the least not
justice departments including on this show where he also told me how the mueller probe could be ended. so i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. let s discuss, shall we? because matthew rosenburg here, national security correspondent for the new york times. a former counsel to watergate special prosecutors and chris weeker. i m so glad to have all of you gentlemen on this even. good evening to you. phillip, let s get into it. you saw the reporting we have that cnn is reporting that the president met with his lawyers three days in a row talking how to answer these written questions. rudy giuliani telling west that mueller s questions cos create more issues for us legally than others. so he s admitting there are some
ended. so i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. let s discuss, shall we? because matthew rosenburg here, national security correspondent for the new york times. a former counsel to watergate special prosecutors and chris ing weker is a former fbi special director of the criminal division. i m so glad to have all of you gentlemen on this evening. good evening to you. phillip, let s get into it. you saw the reporting we have that cnn is reporting that the president met with his lawyers three days in a row talking about how to answer these written questions. rudy giuliani telling west that mueller s questions could create more issues for us legally than others. so he s admitting there are some legal landmines for the president. what is he saying there?
recused general. so it s not even clear to any of us that mr. whitaker knows about the investigation. if you re talking about his statements as a private citizen a year and half ago when it first started and what he set on cable tv, i don t think it disqualify someone from being the chief law enforcement officer. since you referenced at let s talk about it. whitaker has a lot to say about molar. here he is about a possible way to shut down the special couns counsel. i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire molar but he reduces it so the budget so low that it grinds it to a halt. chris: and here is him looking into president trump s finances. i think that s a redline is beyond the scope of the letter the deputy attorney general
has been overseeing the mueller investigation. if you are talking. naught whitaker s stants as a private citizen a year and a half ago i don t think that disqualifies somebody from being the chief law enforcement officer at the department of justice which is an executive function. chris: whitaker has had a lot to say about mueller. here he is about a possible way to shut down the special counsel. i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller, but he reduces the budget so low the investigation grind to almost a halt. chris: here is whitaker on mueller looking into president trump s finances. i think that is a red line. it s beyond the scope of the letter the deputy attorney general issued and appointed