House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler is threatening to subpoena Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, despite the Justice Department leader already agreeing to appear before the panel. A Justice Department spokesperson told Fox News on Tuesday that Whitaker had, in fact, accepted Nadler’s invitation to testify in public. 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. His comments were a departure for the Justice Department, which rarely comments on the status of investigations.

Source: Fox News February 05, 2019 21:00 UTC