President Donald Trump’s AG Pick Ignored DOJ Call To Recuse | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

The Washington post reports Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker ignored DOJ ethics officials recommending he recuse himself from the Russia Probe and a secret memo is revealed. Trump’s pick to permanently take over as Attorney General wrote a memo to the Trump administration outlining arguments against Mueller’s obstruction inquiry arguing Mueller’s approach to potential obstruction by Trump was "fatally misconceived." Ari talks to Former Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray and NBC’s Ken Dilanian.

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President Donald Trump’s AG Pick Ignored DOJ Call To Recuse | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

[faceoff]

Make America great again Impeach Donald J Trump and Mike Pence

[madboyreadynow]

It's time to remove Trump. Matt needs to be removed. This is an injustice to all Americans.

[elchefreedom]

Take care of your voice, Ari. We need you, more than ever. Thx for the awesome work.

[catdog]

Whitaker can oversee himself into prison.

[MrSidney]

Terrible idea to hand over the investigation to Whitaker.

[sjt]

Jail Matt Whitaker, all Trumps and every person that has worked on the 2016 campaign. No due process. Straight to Gitmo and toss the key.

[bspearbach]

"malfeasance; wrongdoing, especially by a public official." watch their faces get uglier, their words become more vicious and their denials become more absurd as the truth comes in public view.

[bmjpdx]

"Ethics? We don't have no ethics! I don't have to show you no steenkin' ethics!!!"

[eddiepratt]

The New Word For The NEW YEAR Is "JUSTICE."🗽⚖️🇱🇷

[TheDarkDresser]

Where is Pence in all of this? Measuring the drapes, or rubbing his hands and salivating?

[taunteratwill]

Mattis is a soldier who usually are honorable therefore this soldier had no choice. And that's all what counts these days. Honour, Integrity, Trust worthyness, Truthfulness and Bravery. The major qualities required of senators but absent by so many! We can not stand by and hope for better days, we have to fight for all these notions who are valuable and belong to America.

[edc]

Princess Bride clip? That's worth a Like! 😂

[LiberalinOregon]

Of course rules aren’t followed, this is a gangster government.

[truth]

Individual 1 is under at least 17 investigations.

[hkwhopper]

Watching America go down like this from the other side of the world is heart breaking. A great nation that was such a major part of the global community, respected, comrades in so many wars side by side with our solders, been used and abused by these power hungry leaders, destroying everything America ever stood for, making the lives of so many troops who died to protect there nation seeming pointless, what happened to people power, to democracy. This would never happen in a European country because history taught a lesson of what dictators can do, millions of people around the world are praying for the great American people to get past this disgrace to there history. Have a great holiday and we pray things get better in 2019.

[DaegdaGames]

You what this WHOLE thing is... INCONCEIVABLE!

[dominicpelle]

Well that's another subpoena for when the Democrat led House Intelligence Committee takes over..

[wiseeyes]

We wont have a country by feb at this rate of corruption, drag him out of office, quit talking and do something this is BS

[claudiofransson]

History will not depict these times kindly.

[TheSuzberry]

The AG is not usually a functioning lawyer but a politician with a law degree. This may have occasionally been the exception, but that is what I’ve seen in the past.