With Jeff Sessions out as attorney general, veteran journalist Carl Bernstein suggested the new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, provides President Donald Trump with a “spy camera” into Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion. Bernstein said on CNN’s “New Day” that
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said President Donald Trump removing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appointing Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was an attempt to stop special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Waters said, “This action by
After announcing his resignation at the request of President Trump on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions exited the United States Department of Justice surrounded by standing and cheerful colleagues.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that the departure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his replacement by Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is “a kind of slow-motion Saturday Night Massacre,” and “a break the glass
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” former Justice Department spokesman Matt Miller said people should “take to the streets” over President Donald Trump removing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appointing Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. Miller said, “The timing of this
John Brennan told MSNBC that the firing of Jeff Sessions Wednesday shows the United States may be facing a constitutional crisis “very soon.”
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Live,” Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez said President Donald Trump removing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and appointing Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was “worse than” the Watergate scandal. Perez said, “There’s a law, and there’s
Trump dropped a bombshell on Wednesday when he appointed his former Sessions chief of staff Matthew Whitaker to serve as acting attorney general.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said Wednesday that the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions represents a “break the glass moment.”