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On the recordJanuary 29, 2019
I asked him whether he had gotten a heads-up from the Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker about whether the Mueller probe would be wrapping up. He told us he had not spoken with Matthew Whitaker about that, about those comments, that he learned about them just like everybody else, and that -- broadly, I asked him about the Mueller report, whether it was something he would be signing off on as commander in chief, and he actually said he would be leaving that matter up to the Justice Department.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump discussed the Mueller probe and stated he would leave the matter to the Justice Department.

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