Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up, so…” Whitaker replied as the hearing room broke out in gasps. Attorney General, we’re not joking here, and your humor is not acceptable,” the congresswoman responded. Democrats are acutely focused on Whitaker's oversight of the Mueller probe, in his acting AG status while awaiting confirmation of President Trump's attorney general pick William Barr. The president fired his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, the day after the 2018 midterm elections. Prior to Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein oversaw the Russia investigation.

Source: Fox News February 08, 2019 15:15 UTC