Mick Mulvaney: “I would like to think that the President has invited me to join his Cabinet in order to bring those perspectives to the…”

No, never. Nor should they. That's an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the President could have given his tax returns, they knew that he didn't and they elected him anyway.

I was not aware of a general standing order like that.

I think most Americans would be that chief law enforcement officer of the United States said they were going to go about things deliberately and without concern for politics.

I was honestly just asked to come in.