House Dems urge emergency hearing on Whitaker [View all]
Source: Politico
By KYLE CHENEY 11/08/2018 10:56 AM EST Updated 11/08/2018 11:42 AM EST
House Democrats pleaded with Republicans on Thursday to hold an emergency hearing on the appointment of Matthew Whitaker to temporarily run the Justice Department — and with it, special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Judiciary Committee Democrats, in a letter to the panel's Republican chairman, Bob Goodlatte, said Whitaker's "well-documented hostility" toward Mueller's probe places the investigation at "grave risk."
"President Trump has therefore paved the way not only to curtail the investigation, but also to dismiss the special counsel," they wrote.
Trump appointed Whitaker to succeed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose strained relationship with Trump foreshadowed his ouster the day after the midterm elections. Whitaker has a long track record of making critical comments about Mueller's investigation, saying he may have exceeded his scope and suggesting ways to starve it of resources.
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