Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee that he was involved in conversations about the Southern District of New York investigation into Michael Cohen, according to Chairman Jerry Nadler
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he was involved in conversations about the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, according to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler . But the Republican side of the committee gave vastly different accounts of what happened behind closed doors.
“You just don’t undo recusals,” Whitaker told the committee, according to the two GOP lawyers, who added that Whitaker said he never had conversations with individuals who work in the Southern District.last month that Trump asked Whitaker whether Berman could lead the investigation into Trump’s hush-money payments to women who have alleged prior affairs with him. Berman, a Trump appointee, has recused himself from overseeing that probe.
Nadler also said Whitaker “did not deny that the president called him to discuss Michael Cohen, the Michael Cohen case and personnel decisions in the Southern District.”But the Republican counsels said Whitaker simply responded that he “did not remember” any conversations with Trump about Cohen, but “couldn’t say with certainty one way or the other.”
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