He is pissing off Mega-Witch Sheila Jackson Lee!
LMAO
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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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Whitaker to Witch Jackson Lee: I don’t think you can assume anything from what I just stated.
Then Nadler said, "Not to my satisfaction you didn't answer the question." So, since Nadler didn't even listen to the answer, the whole exercise was pointless. Nadler is an arrogant blowhard who went into this hearing not listening and determined to announce that his questions weren't answered no matter what Whitaker said.
It’s for sure Nadler isn’t near as smart as he thinks he is.
The chairman is more equal than the other members,
nadler’s recitation of a prepared statement condemning Whitaker (written before any testimony had been given) belies any honest objective intent on his part. Whitaker’s responses were entirely appropriate.
I just tuned through and found S.Jackson-Lee as the inquisitor. She was posing a question and requiring a yes or no answer when doing so would have made him wrong, no matter whether yes or no. Whitaker was attempting to provide a clear answer and being cut off by SJL. I don’t see how she has the brain cells available for anything beyond autonomic functions.
I’ll bet Nadler got beat up a lot as a kid.
Acting AG Matt Whitaker ROCKS!
The Demonic-Rats HATE HIM and I (WE) LOVE HIM!
Also, I’m a NEW FAN of Rep. COLLINS (GA)!
Beautiful, and not hard to do! LOL!
SJL has lots of ‘gwuhhrtions’.
Too bad the beatings stopped too soon. Nadler is one of many domestic enemies who should be arrested and tried by the citizenry come the revolution.
You really have no idea as to what’s really going on, do you.
This guy is protecting himself only. He fully intends to let the Witch Hunt continue and not to prosecute any Democrat.
If Whitaker said, ‘Mueller, your 15 minutes of infamy are up”
then I’d take notice.
This guy is as useless as Sessions. And Barr is just a clean-up man for the deep-state.
Trump needed to appoint a special counsel a year ago.
No doubt about it, he's the type.
He is a jock. That’s his personality. He’s tried elective politics but has little charisma. But he is very, very smart and keeps his cool.
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