whitaker. it was not widely known among white house staff that before he joined the department of justice in 2017, whitaker repeatedly criticized the special counsel s investigation in interviews, on television. he even wrote an opinion piece for cnn.com, and yet the white house is totally shocked by the shall we say not entirely effusive whitaker coverage. might i direct the white house to www.google.com. the president may be taking a new direction on whitaker. earlier he tried to distance himself from the man he made the top law enforcer in the land. well, matt whitaker, i don t know matt whitaker. he worked for jeff sessions and was always extremely highly thought of and still is. but i didn t know matt whitaker. he worked for attorney general sessions. he was very, very highly thought of and still is highly thought