the times reports that house democrat examining whether whitaker may have lied under oath. asked about the times allegation, he denied it unequivocally. ied it unequivocally. no, not at all. i don t know who gave you that. there s a lot of fake news out there. no, i didn t. those comments brought to mind another unequivocal denial when news of the hush money payments got out. why did michael cohen well, you d have to ask michael cohen. he s my attorney and you ll have to ask him.
with his aides and inaability to pull levers that could make the president s many legal problems go away. the time s reports the prosecutors require adult super56, according to review, they are looking into whether whitaker perjured himself when he told the house judiciary committee earlier this month that the president never pressured him over the investigation. at no times that white house asked for, nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerns the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. did you ever have any conversations with the president about firing or reassigning any person, u.s. attorneys or others who work with the southern district of new york, with the president or anybody? anybody at all? i want to know whether you talked to president trump at all about the southern district of new york s case involving michael cohen.
was to quote jump oon a grenade to the president. also said prosecutors in new york requires adult supervision. and it appears to contradict what whitaker just told congress under penalty of perjury. i can assure this committee that before appointing me to this position, the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments referring to the special counsel s investigation. did the president lash out about the guilty plea? no, he did not. did the president lash out 2016 where he was identified individual one? no, congressman. the times reports that house democrat examining whether whitaker may have lied under oath.
berman could be put back in charge of the investigation, just doesn t rise to the level of criminal conduct. the president of the united states has the right to ask his acting attorney general is it okay to do this? would it be possible to do this? now, that s very different, brooke, from saying, listen, whitaker, you better get berman back on the case or you re out. let me interject. if, here s a line from the time s piece i ll read part of it. whether whitaker said part of his role was to quote jump on a grenade for the president. i mean, does this, paul, possibly shed a little light on why this president wanted matt whitaker to be his acting ag, he thought he d have a defender at the doj? i think it sheds a lot of light on it. getting a guy to jump on a grenade is exactly what trump wanted. he was pounding jeff sessions ever since the day sessions
kelsey bearsy s fiance. accused in the murder. unclear how the two met. barys was last seen thanksgiving morning her body is yet to be found. turning now to extreme weather. a monster winter storm wreaking havoc in the northwest overnight. governor in washington declaring a state of emergency. seattle is expected to get hit with the heaviest snow fall in two years. some areas expecting up to 8 inches with wind gusts of 45 miles per hour. hundreds of flights are cancelled and delayed in seattle and portland. pete: did i hear that the governor declared a state of emergency. i think that s another emergency going on. someone should declare it. ed: we will let pete think about that a little more. fireworks erupting on capitol hill after democrats become triggered by the president s acting attorney general. you wouldn t oversee a witch-hunt, would you? you just have to answer a factual yes or no question. i control this time, mr. whitaker, if you want to ask the chairman for time of you