Matt Miller: Trump Expects Whitaker to Either Curtail or Shut Down Mueller Probe

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MILLER: “It’s fairly remarkable that he has already apparently reached that conclusion before being briefed on the case. He’s reached the conclusion that he’s not going to recuse himself before he apparently is consulted with ethics officials about whether that would be appropriate. It looks like the President has put Matt Whitaker in this job precisely for the reason that is perfectly obvious to everyone. He expects him to come in and somehow either slow down or curtail or shut down the investigation. One of the cliches that I think is misused most often in Washington is the idea that the cover-up is worse than the crime. Oftentimes people like the President — like I believe the President is doing right now, execute cover-ups because the underlying crime is terrible and they know they’re going to get caught. To see the President do something that is so transparent and so obvious and so ham-handed, it just makes me wonder what he thinks or maybe what he knows is coming down the pike next from the Special Counsel’s office.”