immigration cases are not abused and are granted solely for good cause? we issued an attorney general order which set the standard, which had been different based on what the immigration appeals court, which is an internal the board of immigration appeals which is an internal d.o.j. body that the attorney general sits over. we passed rules and regulations in a new standard for issuing those continuances for good cause, as you mention. thank you. i yield back. thank the gentleman. i now yield to the gentleman from rhode island for the purpose of unanimous consent request. thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask unanimous consent that the following articles be placed in the record. the first is an article entitled exclusive trump loyalist, matthew whitaker was counseling the white house on investigating clinton. the second article, sessions replacement, matthew whitaker called mueller s appointment ridiculous and a little fishy.
third article, all the time robert mueller s new boss railed against the russia probe. trump s pick to replace jeff sessions said once mueller risk becoming a witch-hunt. and finally an article entitled trump s new acting attorney general once mused about defending robert mueller. without objection, these documents will be placed in the record. and i recognize the gentleman for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. whitaker, i m going to be really straight with you up front. i m going to cut you off if you make long speeches. we have very limited time. you do not need to thank me for asking the question or compliment me that it s a good question. i m assuming they re all good questions and you re grateful. one, were you briefed by the special counsel. you acknowledged that. did you share that information with any members of your staff, the information learned in the briefing from the special counselor his team? congressman, as i previously testified, there was one other indi
investigation is a lynch mob? congressman, can you tell me specifically where i said that? i d be happy to. so, in a tweet that you issued on august 6 of 2017, you made reference to a note to trump s lawyer, do not cooperate with mueller s lynch mob. do you recall that? i recall that i said that i retweeted an article that was titled that. i did not necessarily agree with that position, but my point was that it was an interesting read for those that want to understand the situation. reclaiming my time. manafort, gates, flynn, cohen, papadopoulos and stone are all in deep trouble. one by one, all of the president s men are going down in flames. it is often said where there is smoke, there s fire. there s a lot of smoke emanating from 1600 pennsylvania avenue
cabinet, and the swamp will be a little less foul without him. his departure is one of four major staff shakeups since november midterm and president announced chief of staff would leave at the end of the year but director set to replace john kelly as acting chief of staff. the u.s. ambassador to united nations haley is leaving her job. the president is hoping the senate will confirm state department spokesman heather as her replacement. attorney general jeff sessions resigned in early november at the president s request. mr. trump s later announced his plan to nominate former attorney general william barr as mr. sessions replacement. president trump has had more turnover in first two years than predecessor dating back to wilson led to rumors of chaotic white house of people not wanting to have powerful and coveted jobs in the white house. the president pushed back on that speculation those rumors on twitter, saying that when it comes to chief of staff job at least many people want a b
cabinet, and the swamp will be a little less foul without him. his departure is one of four major staff shakeups since november midterm and president announced chief of staff would leave at the end of the year but director set to replace john kelly as acting chief of staff. the u.s. ambassador to united nations haley is leaving her job. the president is hoping the senate will confirm state department spokesman heather as her replacement. attorney general jeff sessions resigned in early november at the president s request. mr. trump s later announced his plan to nominate former attorney general william barr as mr. sessions replacement. president trump has had more turnover in first two years than predecessor dating back to wilson led to rumors of chaotic white house of people not wanting to have powerful and coveted jobs in the white house. the president pushed back on that speculation those rumors on twitter, saying that when it comes to chief of staff job at least many people want a b