Critics intensified their pressure on the acting attorney general on Tuesday, but the Justice Department — including the office of special counsel Robert Mueller — says it’s carrying out business as usual.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Justice Department’s watchdog to investigate whether there have been any “unlawful or improper communications” between the White House and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
Democrats say they worry Trump is using Whitaker to lean on Mueller, who is investigating whether anyone on Trump’s campaign may have conspired with the Russians who attacked the 2016 election. Whitaker publicly criticized the Mueller investigation before joining the Trump administration.
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