and when they go to court, that's when we find out what they do. >> let me play a little bit more of what the president said. matt whitaker, acting attorney general on the job, picked, we all believe, because of the things he said on cnn about being opposed to the investigation. >> if whitaker decides to limit or curtail the investigation, are you okay with that? >> look, it's going to be up to him. i think he's very well aware politically, he's astute politically, a very smart person, very respected person. he's going to do what's right. >> the fight has shifted on capitol hill in washington, which is what will matt whitaker do and can democrats keep him in check? >> president trump knows what matt whitaker wants to do. this is why he's in the job and why jeff sessions was fired. there isn't a coincidence here. he knows, he's pretending to