The House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic chairman said former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker “did not deny” that President Trump reached out to him to discuss a case against his former lawyer Michael Cohen.
Former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 8.
, when Whitaker said Trump never expressed his dissatisfaction with Cohen for pleading guilty to various financial crimes and lying to Congress. When asked at that hearing whether he had discussed the Cohen case with Trump, Whitaker refused to answer.“Unlike in the hearing room, Mr.
Collins stressed that Whitaker engaged in internal discussions only with his own staff about the employment of U.S. attorneys, during the regular course of carrying out his duties as acting attorney general.
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