Cummings: Whitaker Should Recuse Himself So There’s Not Even the Appearance of Impropriety

‘I also have a concern with regard to appearance of a conflict of interest’

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CUMMINGS: "I have a lot of concerns, Andrea. Not only with regard to this scam that has been raised numerous times, but I also have a concern with regard to appearance of a conflict of interest. It's not just the conflict. It’s the appearance of it. And when you have someone who has talked about defunding the special counsel’s probe, someone who has talked about — said that he really doesn’t believe in it and that he doesn’t want to go along with it within a month after the special counsel was appointed, that’s to concern all of us. And certainly I had the same concerns that the three senators who have now filed suit with regard to this issue have. Whether or not this was a constitutional appointment, of course it seems that it may be a decision by the courts, but he is in a position to make some major decisions and so I think that we should, in this case, at the very least, there should be a recusal on his part so that there’s not even an appearance — and I emphasize that — of a conflict."

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