Whitaker: I have ‘not interfered’ with Mueller investigation
Acting AG says he never discussed probe with Trump
By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Published: February 8, 2019, 8:18am
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday that he has “not interfered in any way” in the special counsel’s Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job.
The hearing before the House Judiciary Committee was the first, and likely only, chance for newly empowered Democrats in the majority to grill an attorney general they perceive as a Donald Trump loyalist and whose appointment they suspect was aimed at suppressing investigations of the Republican president.
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