mr. acting ag, actually wanted to ask you some questions regarding what you did prior to being acting ag. it is my understanding that before you moved to the department of justice, that you are the executive director of the foundation for mr. chairman, i have a point of order. mr. chairman. it i have a point of order. the conservative s ethics watchdog i have a point of order. he made full use of the gentleman will say despite of order. my point of order by the very statement is that it s outside the scope of the deferment of justice. it is not. you need me to finish my question. the gentle lady will suspend. that is not a valid point of order. the gentle lady will continue. thank you. mr. chairman, i would like a point of order. the question is outside the scope of the gentle lady has the floor. are you going to overrun a point of order? yeah, because your point of
mr. tabet. mr. gohmert. mr. jordan. mr. buck. mr. radcliffe. miss ruby votes they. mr. gates. mr. johnson. mr. bigs. mr. big s votes no. harris: as we watch the roll call, i want to bring in andy mccarthy, former federal prosecutor who s with me today and outnumbered. what is fastening about this, andy, is that we are talking about whether matthew whitaker, the acting ag before this house judiciary committee today, should have to answer the question which we didn t even hear of the total question but it had to do something with bias at this point. so they are doing a roll call. why is this necessary? the problem is they want to probe about his background. i think what they are trying to do is give him the confirmation
official? i m asking you, what guidance did they recommend that you don t like recuse yourself? that s a question to you. did they recommend that you recuse yourself from any involvement into the criminal investigation into the world patent marketing? i am recused from the investigation into the company. what about any matter involving hillary clinton customer gives been well-documented of your public calls for renewed investigation the two matters related clinton. again, any investigations into former secretary clinton if they are open, confirmation of the denial of the recusal would suggest that there is or is not an investigation regarding that person. can i have more time on the clock since i was interrupted? i am informed that we had paused the time. okay. go ahead. continue. what i m saying is your
with anyone at the white house? i did not talk about the views of the new investigation with anyone at the white house. from may of 2017 until i joined the department of justice in october of 2017. throughout that process, did you ever communicate with anyone here s the question. by my count, you made six comments in our beds, talk radio, or cable news critical of the special counsel between the time he interviewed in june of 2017 and the time you were hired as chief of staff to the attorney general. did you ever use any intermediaries? did you have anyone since the president didn t know did you have anyone communicate with the white house or anyone at the white house, either staff members, friends, or others, to let them know exactly where you stood as expressed in at least those six public statements? congressman, i had come at the time you describe may 17 until i joined the department on october 4th 2017 i didn t have a relationship with the white house. as you tal
it s a pretty clear question. who else did you consult with about whether or not you should recuse yourself from the mueller investigation? generally, would like consult with? i want to know specifically who you talk to. i talked to brad wind schommer, who is the senior career official of the department of justice. and he advised you that your refusal recusal was unnecessary, or did he advise you to recuse? he could not identify any precedent for me to recuse. he said it was a close call. i m sorry, did you have a question? he said my other statements d recognize the professionalism and competence of the special counsel. he said that out of an abundance of caution, if asked, he would recommend a certain course. but, again, he also did you recognize speak of time of the gentleman