Trump says he did not discuss Mueller with Whitaker before appointing him acting attorney general [View all]

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Source: CNBC

President Donald Trump on Friday said he had not discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the man who Trump appointed this week to oversee inquiry.

Whitaker has come under increasing scrutiny since his appointment on Wednesday because of his previous criticism of Mueller's investigation.

People close to the president said that Whitaker's public skepticism of the probe is what led Trump to first take an interest in him, according to a Wednesday report in The New York Times.

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President Donald Trump on Friday said he had not discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the man who Trump appointed this week to oversee the inquiry.

"I didn't speak to Matt Whitaker about it, I don't know Matt Whitaker," Trump said.

The comments come as Whitaker faces increasing scrutiny over his criticism of Mueller's investigation.

Whitaker, a Trump ally, has accused Mueller of "going too far," and once posted a message on Twitter referring to Mueller's prosecutors as a "lynch mob."

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