Your humor is not acceptable
The Whitaker hearing is happening today. The tweets emanating from there are startling.
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Nadler asks Whitaker if he's been asked to approve any of Mueller's moves.
Whitaker: “Mr Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up I’m here voluntarily I agreed to five-minute rounds”Gasps in the room
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) February 8, 2019
Jerry Nadler asks Matthew Whitaker if he has ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the Special Counsel.
Whitaker: "Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up."
The response in the room is remarkable. Via CSPAN2 pic.twitter.com/UAcOyulX46
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 8, 2019
Whitaker makes a snide remark about Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's time.
Her response: “Mr Attorney General, we’re not joking here and your humor is not acceptable”
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) February 8, 2019
Whitaker makes another remark about members' time, this time in regards to Rep. Shiela Jackson-Lee.
Jackson-Lee: "Mr Attorney General, we're not joking here. And your humor is not acceptable. Now, you're here because we have a constitutional duty to ask questions." Via CSPAN2 pic.twitter.com/IY5UZh8uvU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 8, 2019
With the possible exception of Martin Shkreli, it's hard to remember a more disrespectful congressional witness than Matthew Whitaker.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 8, 2019
FBI Director Chris Wray has said the Mueller probe isn't a "witch hunt."
Rosenstein, who oversees it, has said it's not a witch hunt.
But Whitaker won't say it.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 8, 2019