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What we covered here

  • Earlier: Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker testified at the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing.
  • About the subpoena: The committee preemptively authorized a subpoena to use if Whitaker avoids questions. The Justice Department said Whitaker would not testify without assurance he would not be subpoenaed — and the committee chair said he would would not use it if Whitaker was prepared to answer questions.
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Whitaker's testimony is over

The House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing, where Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker took lawmakers’ questions, just wrapped up.

The hearing ended just before 3:30 p.m. ET, meaning it went on for nearly six hours.

The hearing included many tense moments and fiery back-and-forths between Whitaker and some Democrats. At one point, he cut off committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to note that the top Democrat’s time was up, drawing the scoffs of astonished members of Congress.

Whitaker, pressed on family separations, says he doesn’t believe administration was tracking cases

Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal grilled Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker on the family separations at the southern border, describing the traumatized children she witnessed.

Whitaker repeated that “there was no family separation policy, despite a leaked memo among senior government officials revealing that the administration planned to separate families to deter migrants from coming to the US-Mexico border.

The administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” policy required that all adults apprehended at the border be subject to criminal prosecution, resulting in families being separated. 

But Whitaker later conceded that the administration was not tracking the children who were separated by a parent or legal guardian after they were apprehended at the southern border.

“Before or after the zero tolerance policy was put into place and I call it the zero humanity policy, did the US attorneys track when they were prosecuting a parent or legal guardian who had been separated from their child? There’s only one answer to this. It’s gone through the courts,” Jayapal said.

“Did we track it?” Whitaker responded.

Jayapal followed up, “Did you track when you were prosecuting a parent of legal guardian who had been separated from a child?”

“I don’t believe we were tracking that,” Whitaker said.

A report from the Government Accountability Office and a Health and Human Services inspector general report have since revealed the chaos and confusion among federal agencies as the policy was rolled out. The HHS IG report, specifically, found that thousands of children had been separated prior to the policy being publicly announced. 

Asked if the Justice Department provided advanced notice to other agencies, Whitaker repeatedly referred to a news conference by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in May 2018.

“The responsibility for the arrest, the detention and together with the custody of the children was handled by DHS and HHS before those people were ever transferred to DOJ custody through the US Marshals,” Whitaker added.

Watch the moment:

Whitaker says he has not received the Mueller report

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said he has not received special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

The revelation came after Congressman Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, pressed Whitaker on the Mueller report.

Whitaker went on to say that Mueller is going to “finish his investigation when he wants to finish his investigation.”

Asked if he thought Mueller was honest, Whitaker said, “I have no reason to believe he’s not honest, so yes I do believe he’s honest.”

Here’s a portion of their exchange:

Swalwell: “Has there been discussion at the Department of Justice about keeping the Mueller report from going to Congress?”

Whitaker: “No. We in fact were continuing to follow the special counsel regulations as it relates to the report. We haven’t received the report.”

Swalwell: “Has there been a draft opinion about keeping it from going to Congress?”

Whitaker: “You know congressman I’m not going to talk about the kind of ongoing investigation that is the special counsel.”

Whitaker says he hasn't been involved in talks of any pardons, including ones for Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen

Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell asked Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker about any discussions inside his department about potential pardons for former Trump associates Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and Michael Cohen.

“Congressman, as I’ve been acting attorney general, I have not been involved in any discussions of any pardon, even and including the ones you’re discussing,” Whitaker said.

Here’s a look at the charges special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has brought against President Trump’s former associates:

  • Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, was found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes. He has also pleaded guilty to several federal crimes.
  • Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser to Trump, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
  • Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge from Mueller’s office. (He also pleaded guilty to eight counts in a separate case from the Manhattan US attorney’s office)
  • Roger Stone, a longtime Trump associate, was indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by Mueller, who alleged Stone sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump’s opponents during the campaign.

Whitaker denies report that Trump lashed out at him

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker denied a CNN report that President Trump had lashed out at him on at least two occasions, angered by federal prosecutors who referenced the President’s actions in crimes his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to.

Asked by Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, if the President had “lashed out” at him after Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress, and again days later when prosecutors in Manhattan implicated Trump in a hush money scheme around the 2016 election, Whitaker said, “No, he did not.”

Whitaker also denied that anyone inside or outside of the White House had lashed out at him after the Cohen developments.

CNN’s report was based on multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Here’s the exchange:

Cicilline: “Did the President lash out at you after Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress about a Trump organization project to build a tower in Moscow?”

Whitaker: “The President specifically tweeted that he had not lashed out.”

Cicilline: “I’m asking you Mr. Whitaker, did the President lash out at you? Not asking what he tweeted. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the veracity of his tweets. I’m asking you under oath.”

Whitaker: “Congressman that is based on an unsubstantiated…”

Cicilline: “Sir, answer the question: yes or no, did the President lash out at you about Mr. Cohen’s guilty plea?”

Whitaker: “No he did not.”

Whitaker says the FBI will brief Congress on the Roger Stone arrest — behind closed doors

The FBI is prepared to brief House Judiciary Committee members in a closed session on the factors that influenced their decision to conduct the Roger Stone arrest before dawn and with heavy weapons drawn, Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said Friday. 

“The FBI makes arrests in a manner most likely to ensure the safety of its agents and of the person being arrested. The FBI must also consider the safety of the surrounding community,” Whitaker said.

Whitaker continued:

“I cannot provide the details in this open hearing without revealing what factors the FBI considers in those decisions and obviously that information could be used to put other FBI agents conducting other operations in harm’s way. What I can assure you, congressman, is that the FBI is prepared to brief this matter on the decisions that were made in that particular arrest in a closed session of this committee,” he said.

Stone has been highly critical of the manner in which he was arrested, though he has praised the individual FBI officers that he dealt with as professional. A number of Republican lawmakers have asked the Justice Department to explain the manner of the arrest. 

Democratic congressman tells Whitaker: "Keep your hands off the Mueller investigation"

Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who earlier today told CNN that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was acting like a “petulant child,” opened his five-minute questioning by asking, “Who are you? Where did you come from? And how the heck did you become the head of the Department of Justice?”

Jeffries then proceeded to ask Whitaker to confirm the identified criminal acts, indictments, and prison sentences that have come from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation so far.

“One by one, all of the president’s men are going down in flames,” Jeffries said.

“Let’s be clear. The investigation into Russia’s attack on democracy is not a witch hunt, it’s not a fishing expedition, it’s not a hoax, it’s not a lynch mob, it’s a national security imperative. The fact that people suggest otherwise comes dangerously close to providing aid and comfort to the enemy,” he added.

GOP congresswoman calls Whitaker hearing "a joke"

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, a Republican from Arizona, described her disappointment over the House Judiciary Committee’s handling of Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s hearing.

“You know, I have to say that I’m very disappointed in this hearing. You know, I ran for Congress to get things done, and at the beginning of this, you know, we were told that this is about asking about DOJ oversight and some legitimate questions,” she said.

Lesko said the hearing is “nothing but character assassination, harassment of our witness, and it’s really disappointing.”

The congresswoman said she was initially mad about the hearing. But now she’s sad.

“At first I was mad. I have to tell you, when this thing started hours ago, I went outside and a reporter asked me, what do you think of the hearing? I said, ‘It’s a joke.’ But now I’m just sad. I’m sad because we were on the floor just a little while ago talking about how we are honoring our late representative (John) Dingell in talking about bipartisanship and how we need to get things done. And yet here we are a blatant political show that doesn’t help anything. I imagine if American people are watching this right now, they would be shaking their heads, like what are you doing there? We need to work together to get things done,” Lesko said.

Watch the moment:

Democratic congressman says Whitaker lied to Congress about his interactions with Trump

Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said he doesn’t believe Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s assurances that he didn’t talk to President Trump about special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.

Cohen told CNN he thinks Whitaker is lying. (Remember: Lying to Congress is a crime.)

When pressed on the claim, Cohen had no evidence to contradict Whitaker. Yet he thinks Whitaker broke the law.

During the hearing, Cohen pressed Whitaker on whether he think the Mueller investigation is a “witch hunt.” President Trump has repeatedly called the probe a “witch hunt.”

Whitaker did not answer the question. He however did say he has not denied funds to Mueller and his team.

Former Democratic senator: I've never seen a witness display "contempt for democracy" like Whitaker

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat from California who decided to retire in the 2016 election, said she has never seen a witness “display the type of arrogance & contempt for democracy” that Acting Attorney General Matt Whittaker did in his testimony today.

Boxer served in the US House before she was elected to the Senate.

Here’s her tweet from this morning:

Why Trump chose Whitaker to be acting attorney general, according to Whitaker

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker explained why he thinks President Trump selected him for the top Justice role, highlighting his past experience as a prosecutor and his proximity to former attorney general Jeff Sessions that would let him “continue the momentum at the Department of Justice we had established in addressing these important priority issues, like reducing violent crime, combatting the opioid crisis, and others.”

Whitaker earlier said that he had no reason to doubt Trump’s contention in an interview last year that he was unaware of Whitaker’s past public hostility to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Whitaker also said he had no direct conversations about the Mueller investigation with anyone at the White House in the immediate months before he was selected as Sessions’ chief of staff in 2017.

Read his full remarks:

“I believe the President chose me to be the acting attorney general for a couple reasons. First, I had served previously in the department as a united states attorney, which is a very important position… in the administration of justice.
And for 13 months I was the chief of staff for attorney general Sessions and I have done the full year with him side by side, obviously he made the decisions but I gave him advice and counsel and I was aware of everything that was going on at the Department of Justice that obviously Sessions wasn’t recused from.
And so I think the President was comfortable that to continue the momentum at the Department of Justice we had established in addressing these important priority issues, like reducing violent crime, combatting the opioid crisis and others that the President felt I was best positioned to do the duties of attorney general.”

Whitaker won't say whether he discussed secretly recording Trump with Rosenstein

Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona asked acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker whether he had discussed with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein the reports that Rosenstein had wanted to secretly record President Trump.

“This is a critical issue,” Biggs said. “With all due respect, this has nothing to do with an ongoing investigation. What it has got to do with is Mr. Rosenstein in his role as an unbiased overseer of the Mueller investigation. It deals with his capacity to be unbiased.”

In September 2018, reports emerged that Rosenstein had discussed wearing a “wire” to record conversations with Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

Whitaker declined to answer, saying, “I’m not here to answer questions about the internal” talks within the Justice Department.

“This is an important question to you, but I’m not going to answer my conversations with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. I believe that they’re deliberative,” Whitaker said.

Whitaker says he's "very comfortable" with his decision not to recuse himself from Mueller probe

Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia, asked Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker about his decision not to recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation — a decision that went against the advice of a Justice Department ethics official.

“I’d like to take a moment to better understand your decision not to recuse yourself from the supervision of the special counsel’s investigation. Isn’t it a fact, sir, that you received your final ethics guidance on this matter on December 19, 2018?” Johnson asked.

Whitaker did not answer the question and instead said this:

“Congressman, we laid out very explicitly the process that we went through, and ultimately the decision whether or not to recuse was my decision. I’m very comfortable with that decision.”

Committee chairman Jerry Nadler stepped in and called Whitaker out for not answering questions directly. He said it’s “getting a little tiresome hearing you stall and wasting the member’s time.”

Whitaker says DOJ investigates crimes — not people

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan pressed Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker on a memo that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sent to special counsel Robert Mueller about the scope of his investigation.

In a contentious exchange, Jordan asked Whitaker if Rosenstein gave “the special counsel the authority to investigate specific Americans.”

A Democratic congressman asked Whitaker if Mueller's probe is a "witch hunt." Here's how he responded.

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, got into a heated exchange with Matt Whitaker, in which he asked the acting attorney general if special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is a “witch hunt.”

Whitaker, who is overseeing the special counsel, did not answer the question. President Trump has repeatedly called the probe a witch hunt.

Whitaker however did say he has not denied funds to Mueller and his team

Here’s how the full exchange went down:

Cohen: “Would you say the special counsel’s investigation is a witch hunt? Are you overseeing a witch hunt?”

Whitaker: “Congressman, as I’ve mentioned previously, the special counsel’s investigation is an ongoing investigation, and so I think it would be inappropriate for me to…”

Cohen: “But you wouldn’t oversee a witch hunt, would you? You’d stop a witch hunt, wouldn’t you?”

Whitaker: “Congressman, it would be inappropriate for me to talk about an ongoing investigation.”

Cohen: “You said you were not interfering with the special counsel’s investigation. Have you denied him any funds he’s requested at all? 

Whitaker: “Congressman, I can tell this is an important issue for you…”

Cohen: “It’s an important issue for the American public and for the whole world.

Whitaker: “Congressman, to answer your question directly, I have not denied any funds to the special counsel’s investigation.”

Watch the exchange here:

Democratic congressman calls Whitaker "a petulant child"

Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries told CNN that he thought Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has been acting like “a petulant child.”

“We’ll see whether he’s going to be respectful of the fact that Congress has a separate and coequal branch of government and we have an oversight responsibility or whether he’ll continue to keep acting like a petulant child,” the New York lawmaker said.

Whitaker is currently testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. You can watch the hearing in the video player at the top of this page.

This isn’t the committee’s last chance to ask Whitaker questions

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has dodged some of the House Judiciary Committee’s questions, citing confidentiality and executive privilege – but the committee may have a second chance to grill him on those questions.

After Whitaker declined to answer whether he has discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to any third parties, committee Chairman Jerry Nadler warned that the committee would require more concrete answers in a separate closed-door deposition.

“After today’s hearing, we’ll attempt to reach an accommodation with the Department to obtain answers to these questions. As part of that process, I ask for your commitment to return for a deposition before this committee in the coming weeks, under oath, with an understanding that the transcript will be released to the public as soon as practicable therefore,” Nadler said.

Whitaker says that he has "not interfered in any way" with the Mueller investigation

In response to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler’s questions on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker insisted he has “not interfered in any way” with the investigation.

“In your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any action or request to be taken by the special counsel?” Nadler asked.

“Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up,” Whitaker responded, to gasps and laughter from the Committee.

After a terse back-and-forth, Whitaker answered:

“I want to be very specific about this, Mr. Chairman, because I think it’s going to allay a lot of fears that have existed among this committee, among the legislative branch largely and maybe amongst some American people. We have followed the special counsel’s regulations to a T. There has been no event, no decision that has required me to take any action, and I have not interfered in any way with the special counsel’s investigation.”

Watch the moment:

Whitaker: I have not talked to Trump about Robert Mueller's investigation

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler pressed Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Democrat asked is Whitaker if he and Trump had talked about the probe.

“Yes or not, have you communicated any information in that briefing to President Trump?” he asked.

After a long pause, Nadler continued: “It’s a yes or no question. Have you communicated anything you learned in that briefing about the investigation to President Tump? Yes or no?”

Whitaker then said this:

Watch the moment:

Top Republican slams subpoena fight as "nothing but pure political theater"

Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, the Republican ranking member of the House judiciary, blasted Democrats on the committee for a hearing he believed is “nothing more than a character assassination,” and called Thursday’s preemptive subpoena, which Democrats issued in case acting attorney general Matt Whitaker refused to answer questions, “pure political theater.”

Collins, who represents a district that voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, compared Democrats to children searching for Easter eggs, hoping to find something damaging to the President.

“I want to tell you a story: My kids are now grown. They’re 26 and down to 20. And I used to alway love the Easter season, and the time of especially hide and seek and going to find the eggs, and that look on their face when they found that last egg they were looking for. And just that look of surprise.
“And yesterday was that for me again. I was back being a father again. Because yesterday was nothing but pure political theater. It was wonderful! It was a time for hide and seek. The chairman had a hearing, ‘Let’s do a subpoena, we’re going to stand tough.’”

Collins said he “warned this committee a preemptive subpoena wasn’t a good idea,” and said it could have a “detrimental effect to the acting attorney general.”

“But hey, I’m the minority, who cares?” he asked.

About the subpoena: The committee preemptively authorized a subpoena to use if Whitaker avoids questions. The Justice Department said Whitaker would not testify without assurance he would not be subpoenaed — and the committee chair said he would would not use it if Whitaker was prepared to answer questions.

Watch the moment here:

Nadler opens hearing: "The time for this administration to postpone accountability is over"

In his opening statement, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler criticized acting AG Matt Whitaker for refusing to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.

Ethics officials had recommended that Whitaker, having previously called the investigation a “lynch mob,” recuse himself.

“Why did you ignore the career officials who went to extraordinary lengths to tell you that your continued involvement in the Special Counsel’s work would undermine the credibility of the Department of Justice?” Nadler asked in his statement.

He asked a series of other questions, warning, “”Your failure to respond fully to our questions here today in no way limits the ability of this Committee to get the answers in the long run—even if you are a private citizen when we finally learn the truth.”

The hearing is now underway

The House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing is underway, and acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is seated in front of the committee members.

Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, is delivering his opening statements.

There’s been some back-and-forth between Whitaker and Nadler: Nadler’s committee pre-emptively authorized a subpoena to use if Whitaker avoids questions. The Justice Department yesterday said Whitaker would not testify without assurance he would not be subpoenaed — and Nadler eventually wrote back that he would would not use it if Whitaker was prepared to answer questions.

You can watch it live in the video player above.

What to expect in this hearing

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is about to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Here’s what to expect, according to CNN’s Manu Raju:

  • The schedule: The hearing will start with five-minute statements from House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Rep. Doug Collins, and Whitaker. 41 panelists, with both Democrats and Republicans, will then have five minutes each to grill Whitaker.
  • The questions: The committee is expected to press Whitaker about his views on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, any actions he’s taken related to the probe, and his decision not to recuse from the special counsel investigation after Justice Department ethics officials recommended he do so.
  • His response: In a prepared opening statement, Whitaker said he would “answer the Committee’s questions today, as best as I can.” However, he said he may cite executive privilege and confidentiality when it comes to questions about conversations with Trump. It’s not clear whether he will face a subpoena if he does not answer certain questions.

Whitaker says he plans to protect executive privilege when it comes to "deliberations or conversations" with Trump

President Trump shakes hands with Acting US Attorney General Matt Whitaker

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker submitted a statement this morning to the House Judiciary Committee, shortly before he is due to testify at 9:30 a.m. ET.

In the statement, Whitaker detailed the Justice Department’s recent work, including its work on violent crime. He ends by noting that though he will cooperate with the Committee “as best as I can,” he will protect executive privilege regarding “deliberations or conversations” with President Trump.

“I trust that the Members of this Committee will respect the confidentiality that is necessary to the proper functioning of the Presidency—just as we respect the confidentiality necessary to the Legislative Branch,” he wrote.

Read it here:

Here's what you need to know about Matt Whitaker

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker will be facing an intense grilling by members of House Judiciary Committee today.

Whitaker has been undertaking significant preparations ahead of the hearing, including conducting briefings with every the Justice Department component and participating in several mock hearings, according to the officials.

Here’s what we know about Whitaker and his role in the DOJ:

  • He took control of the Justice Department a few months ago: President Trump appointed Whitaker to the position after firing former attorney general Jeff Sessions a day after the 2018 midterm elections. Whitaker was Sessions’ chief of staff.
  • Whitaker oversees the Russia probe: He disregarded the advice of a Justice Department ethics official to step aside from overseeing Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
  • He criticized Mueller’s investigation before becoming AG: Some of Whitaker’s comments about Mueller in 2017 mirrored Trump’s complaints. In one instance, speaking on the “Rose Unplugged” radio program in August 2017, Whitaker said the appointment of Mueller was “ridiculous” and it “smells a little fishy.”
  • He’s almost out: William Barr is on a path to be confirmed as the permanent attorney general by the Senate.

Why today's hearing almost didn't happen

The Justice Department told the House Judiciary Committee on yesterday afternoon that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker would not appear at today’s closely-watched oversight hearing unless he receives a written assurance he won’t be served with a subpoena.

The threat for Whitaker not to testify came after the House Judiciary Committee voted yesterday to authorize a subpoena for Whitaker ahead of his testimony — which House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said he would use only if Whitaker did not appear or would not answer the committee’s questions, including about conversations with the White House involving special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

The DOJ’s letter: The Justice Department, in a letter, criticized Nadler for authorizing the subpoena “even though the Committee had not yet asked him a single question” and suggested Democrats were seeking to “transform the hearing into a public spectacle.”

“The committee evidently seeks to ask questions about confidential presidential communications that no attorney general could ever be expected to disclose under the circumstances,” Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in the letter, obtained by CNN.

Nadler responded to the letter by telling Whitaker that a subpoena would not be necessary if he answered lawmakers’ questions, and questions he would not be able to answer would be handled on a “case-by-case basis.”

Read a portion of Nadler’s response:

If you appear before the Committee tomorrow morning and if you are prepared to respond to questions from our Members, then I assure you that there will be no need for the Committee to issue a subpoena on or before February 8. To the extent that you believe you are unable to fully respond to any specific question, we are prepared to handle your concerns on a case-by-case basis, both during and after tomorrow’s hearing.”

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Acting AG Whitaker: Mueller investigation ‘close to being completed’
After fight over subpoena, Whitaker to testify before House panel Friday
Acting AG Whitaker undergoing significant prep ahead of Friday testimony
CNN Poll: Almost everyone wants a public report on Mueller’s findings
Nadler tees up subpoena for Whitaker — just in case