provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. after meeting with whitaker though, jerry nadler called him out. unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. these new accusations raise questions about whether whitaker was given the job as acting attorney general because the president wanted to install an ally who could rein in the federal investigations. the top republican on the committee congressman doug collins of georgia pushing back against nadler, he claims there is no evidence that whitaker discussed the cohen case with the president. the senate is poised to rebuke president trump over his national emergency declaration on the southern border. hike l
provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. after meeting with whitaker though, jerry nadler called him out. unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. these new accusations raise questions about whether whitaker was given the job of acting attorney general because the president wanted to install an ally. a top republican on the commit tid doug collins of georgia pushing back against nadler, he claims there is no evidence that whitaker discussed the cohen case with the president. the senate is poised to rebuke president trump over his national emergency declaration on the southern borer. senator mike lee was leading a
committee wednesday to clear up some issues with his public testimony from last month. tat no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerns the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. after meeting with whitaker, house judiciary chairman jerry nadler called him out. unlike in the hearing room mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. these new accusations raise questions about whether whitaker was given the job as acting attorney general because the president wanted to install an ally who could rein in all the federal investigations. top republican on the committee congressman doug collins of georgia pushing back against nadler, he claims there is no evidence whitaker discussed the cohen case with the president.
expected to be focused on his previous comments on whether he had contact with the president about the investigation into business dealings involving michael cohen, including hush money payments, excuse me. so as the wall street journal believes it has everyday the president asked the ag for the southern district of new york jeffrey berman, a trump ally could take back control. previous reports suggested there is no sign. whitaker acted on any request. according to journal the judiciary committee is looking at whether whitaker may have perjured himself in his prior appearance when he told lawmakers at no time have the white house asked for promises, commitments, concerning the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation and that he did not provide any. all right, joining us here on set. msnbc here he is nan of the hour. you have a busy day today? it will be a busy day today, not whitaker. it will be cohen today. i didn t know what to ask you
we begin with that exhaustive review from the new york times detailing the president s efforts to interfere in the russia investigation. in one instance last year the paper reports that the president called his newly installed acting attorney general matthew whitaker and asked if the u.s. appointed in manhattan, jeffrey berman, described as a trump ally could take charge in the investigation resulted in the president implicated in campaign finance violations. the paper cites u.s. officials will direct knowledge of that call. the time s says whitaker who told associates part of his role at the justice department was to quote jump on a grenade for the president. he knew he couldn t put berman in charge because the haugh partner was recuse from the investigation. according to times the president soon soured on whether whitaker, which he often does