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Matt Whitaker vs House Democrats….Drag-out Slugfest…

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It was like NOTHING seen before ….

Even the Republicans questioning Obama’s Admin people diin’t get like this….

This was open warfare between the Trump admin and Congressional Democrats ….

And this is just the beginning folks…

It’s gonna get worst….

BTW?

Matt Whitaker won’t be Attorney General for long….

William Barr is on his way to be confirmed by the US Senate shortly…

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker put on a performance today that’s likely to leave plenty of top Trump officials even less excited about the prospect of their day on Capitol Hill.

In what the NYT called a “remarkable breach of decorum,” Whitaker drew stunned laughs in the room with this response to a question from House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler, a Democrat: “Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up.” Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee later retorted: “Mr. Attorney General, we are not joking here … And your humor is not acceptable.”

The big picture: After two years of being left alone by Republicans, Trumpworld is staring down the barrel at two grueling years of no-win situations before House committees.

  • If you play nice, President Trump has shown plenty of willingness to publicly go after his own people.
  • But if you play not-so-nice, as Whitaker did at times today, you can expect even more scrutiny from subpoena-empowered Democrats.

Highlights from Whitaker’s hearing, per the NYT:

  • “Whitaker declined to defend the special counsel’s investigation,” a break from Jeff Sessions and AG-nominee William Barr.
  • “Whitaker declared that he had ‘not interfered in any way’ in the special counsel investigation and that he had provided no information about it to President Trump or White House officials.”
  • “Whitaker said multiple times that he did not discuss the Mueller investigation with anyone at the White House, even though in July 2017 he interviewed to become a White House lawyer who would manage and respond to that inquiry.”….

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  1. Update….

    Alex Wayne
    @aawayne

    *WHITAKER NAMED SENIOR COUNSELOR AT JUSTICE DEPT: SPOKESWOMAN

    The former acting attorney general is sticking around….

    twitter….

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