Wednesday on Capitol Hill, after former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker clarified his testimony to House Judiciary Committee on his communications with President Donald Trump, committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) spoke with reporters.
Nadler said, “The three main takeaways — that we take away from today, one, unlike in the hearing room, Mr. Whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss Michael Cohen, the Michael Cohen case, and personnel decisions in the Southern District. Two, while he was Acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker was directly involved in conversations about whether to fire one or more U.S. attorneys.”
“Three, while he was Acting Attorney General, Mr. Whittaker was involved in conversations about the scope of the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Berman’s recusal, and whether the Southern District went too far in pursuing the campaign finance investigation in which the president was listed as individual number one,” he added. “Those were the three takeaways from today.”
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