That but i can be tell you Matt Whitaker is a great guy. I mean i know Matt Whitaker. The Washington Post is the reporting whitaker brief trump on many occasions before the president preferred not to talk to sessions and that whitaker met with the president in the oval office more than a dozen times. Man who is now in charge of overseeing the Mueller Investigation has on multiple occasions discredited it. Just before he rejoined the doj in october of 2017, he was asked if he was worried about the special counsel investigations scope and if it could turn into a fishing expedition. I think it smells a little fishy. So he went on to say that he would be sure to shut it down if it did. Matthew whitaker has gone on the record so publicly and left little doubt about the direction he would like to see it go. I will be one of the ones jumping up and down. Good for you, yeah. Making sure the limitations on this investigation continue because thats the way its supposed to be. Whitaker disputed t
The natural pick for the job would seemingly be the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein or solicitor general knowle francisco but they were passed over for the man who previously served as Jeff Sessions chief of staff. Cnn is learning tonight just before sessions resigned at least one justice official in the room mentioned to the ag that there would be legal questions about whether whitakers appointment is constitutional. So how exactly did the president pick him for the job . Well, Matt Whitaker, i dont know Matt Whitaker. Matt worked for Jeff Sessions and he was always extremely highly thought of. So take note, the president claims he didnt know Matt Whitaker. But just last month, he said this. Well, i never talk about that, but i can tell you, Matt Whitaker is a great guy. I mean i know Matt Whitaker. The Washington Post is the reporting that whitaker had briefed trump on many occasions before the president preferred not to talk to sessions, and that whitaker met with the preside