Matt Whitaker's Hearing Is A Complete Disaster For Trump

[ffr]

Things fell apart quickly as Whitaker tried to run out the clock when asked if he was ever asked to approve or disapprove an action by Mueller.

Here was the exchange:

Nadler: Now, in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel?

Whitaker: Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up, and so I’m — I am here voluntarily. We have agreed to five minute rounds. And —
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Nadler: The committee will come to order. I will point out we didn’t enforce the five-minute rule on acting attorney general Whitaker. We will —
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Link to tweet

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Matt Whitaker isn’t defending Trump. He is trying to save his own skin. - PoliticusUSA

What happened to Whittaker's RW confidence? Suddenly he can't understand the simplest of of questions.

Dodge and weave there you snake!

[empedocles]

1. Seems very obvious he is going hardline lies

Hoping trump will give him SCOTUS nomination for Ginsberg seat ?

[agingdem]

2. someone should tell Whitless

useful idiots can't get away with cutesy remarks

[RockRaven]

3. What kind of dumbasses were prepping him for this (after all weren't there stories about how hard

he was working to prep for this)? Who the f--k thought he could run out the clock on the committee chairman? These people have NO IDEA how anything works!

They intensively prepped him for a committee hearing and HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW A COMMITTEE HEARING WORKS. Jeebus.

[ProudLib72]

4. At least he didn't tackle Nadler and put him in a choke hold?

Whitaker gives neanderthals a bad name.

[dalton99a]

5. He's basically a dumb jock who got government jobs because of Grassley

[C_U_L8R]

6. He said he didn't speak to Trump about the Mueller campaign

More likely, he spoke with Trump's lawyers... and gave them anything they wanted

[UpInArms]

7. I wonder if he smeared antiperspirant on his bald noggin?

Just asking for a friend