👓 Trump Falsely Claims Not To Know The Man He Hand-Picked As Acting Attorney General | NPR

Read Trump Falsely Claims Not To Know The Man He Hand-Picked As Acting Attorney General by Scott Horsley (NPR)

Trump, who has frequently dismissed that probe as a "witch hunt," feigned ignorance of Whitaker's background. "I don't know Matt Whitaker," Trump told reporters on Friday as he left the White House for a trip to Paris. "Matt Whitaker worked for Jeff Sessions. And he was always extremely highly thought of and he still is. But I didn't know Matt Whitaker."