Just impeach the mothafucka so we can all have tea!
He needs to be dragged back in front of Congress, and have that subpoena waved in front of his face. No cute answers this time.
The Times said it had not found direct evidence that Whitaker had directly intervened in the investigation. The paper reported that Whitaker concluded that Berman could not be put back in control of the investigation, currently being led by a career prosecutor at the U.S. attorney’s office, since he had already recused.
Gonna be real wild if there’s a paper trail of the acting AG telling the president that such-and-such conduct would be obstructive, then the president continuing to push for it.
Who wants to take bets?
So much winning, lalalaaaaa…
Your move Nadler.
Non-denial denial from the DOJ, saying Whitaker testified that Trump did not ask for and Whitaker did not make any “promises and commitments” about the investigations before Trump gave him the job, rather than the issue reported by the NYT re requests from Trump or Whittaker’s responses from after when Whittaker was hired.
“However, the Times report also says that Whitaker had claimed in private conversations with associates that his DOJ role was to “jump on a grenade” for the President.”
Noticing a pattern here. Everyone in Trumpworld seems to have mixed up loyalties. I’m sure he meant to say “the nation.” Or “the constitution.” Had to be what he meant. Had to be. Right?
Stop…subpoena time…da na na na…
ETA: I anticipate Josh and the folks at TPM have quickly moved to the transcripts so the can tell us whether Whitacker may have ALREADY lied to Congress about his conversations with the POTUS.
Well, now we know a bit more about those leading questions from Nadler & Co.
And people were complaining that he didn’t subpoena Whitaker the first time.
Now he’s got him in perjury.
You can skip Congress and proceed directly to the grand jury, if you like.
And, nothing ever happens and it keeps going on and on and on. Sick of it.
Sounds like Robert Mueller needs to have a convo with the former acting AG.
FIFY 
I’m betting they did it all by telephone — but that someone in the SDNY took notes or wrote a memo to file.
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He needs to be dragged back in front of Congress, and have that subpoena waved in front of his face. No cute answers this time.
[/quote]They can go ahead and prepare the Contempt of Congress resolution as well, and get the jail cell prepared.
Hmm - wonder who the source for this tidbit might be…
From the Times article:
Mr. Whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at the Justice Department was to “jump on a grenade” for the president, knew he could not put Mr. Berman in charge, since Mr. Berman had already recused himself from the investigation. The president soon soured on Mr. Whitaker, as he often does with his aides, and complained about his inability to pull levers at the Justice Department that could make the president’s many legal problems go away.
I guess Whitaker didn’t want to go to prison for that. Wonder if he had the same sense of self-preservation in other matters.
But even the next paragraph sounds so matter-of-fact, like of course Trump would do that. Trump being Trump.
Trying to install a perceived loyalist atop a widening inquiry is a familiar tactic for Mr. Trump, who has been struggling to beat back the investigations that have consumed his presidency. His efforts have exposed him to accusations of obstruction of justice as Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, finishes his work investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.
No. Attempts to obstruct justice are illegal. He has to go!
The GOP’s reply?
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
“Whitaker referred the Times’ inquiries to the Justice Department.”
And that’s why Matt’s still in the DOJ.