3rd Congressional District, Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Trump admits he was thinking about the Russia investigation when he appointed controversial acting AG
Credit: AP Photo, Susan Walsh
When asked his thoughts on the attorney general situation, Trump brought up Robert Mueller’s investigation totally unprompted.
When President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions a day after the midterm elections and replaced him with former U.S. attorney and DOJ chief of staff Matthew Whitaker, there was an unspoken but obvious reason for his decision. It was telegraphed by Whitaker’s long history of opposing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump’s ties to Russia, calling it a “witch hunt” and warning that any probe into the Trump family finances was a “red line.”
So it was remarkable when Trump, in a Thursday interview with the right-wing Daily Caller, came out and said it directly.
“Could you tell us where your thinking is currently on the attorney general position?” asked Daily Caller reporters Saagar Enjeti and Benny Johnson.
