Posted on 02/08/2019 8:46:38 AM PST by jazusamo
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker stunned onlookers and lawmakers during an already-contentious House hearing Friday, when he tried to call time on the Democratic chairman after yet another line of questioning regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
The retort came after Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., first said he wanted Whitaker to appear for a private deposition after the hearing and went on to ask Whitaker whether he had been “asked to approve any requests or action” for the special counsel.
“Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up, so…” Whitaker replied as the hearing room broke out in gasps. “I am here voluntarily. We have agreed to five-minute rounds.”
Nadler, who even cracked a slight smile at the response, repeated his question, and Whitaker ultimately responded: “I have not interfered in any way with the special counsel’s investigation.”
The fiery back and forth follows a dramatic political prelude to the hearing itself, complete with threats by Nadler to subpoena the witness and threats by the DOJ to boycott. Democrats are acutely focused on Whitaker's oversight of the Mueller probe, in his acting AG status while awaiting confirmation of President Trump's attorney general pick William Barr.
“There has been no change in the overall management of the special counsel investigation,” Whitaker testified Friday, saying that he never offered any “promises or commitments” regarding the Mueller or any other investigation.
Nadler pressed Whitaker over whether he had shared information about the investigation with Trump, or any White House officials.
“I do not intend today to talk about my private conversations, but to answer your question, I did not talk to the president about the status of the investigation,” Whitaker answered. “Consistent with what I’ve already said, I have not talked about the special counsel’s investigation with any White House...
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Thanks, I didn’t have it on.
A mock trial is exactly what it looked like.
Or yes or now answer to a hypothetical question. Then she gets pissed he wont fall for it.
I agree - while generally polite, he did let his disdain peek out a time or two...not one of his biggest fans but love the way he handled himself and them.
Bad grammar proves he am racist.
sadly agreed, no indictments of crimes
Here is the link to the video I found.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6000020315001/#sp=show-clips
‘Yes, it amazes me how incompetent some of these Dem elected people are, you’d think they would be embarrassed.”
In their minds THEY are brilliant and the rest of us are just too slow witted to understand their amazing intellect, how could they be embarrassed?
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