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Watch Live: Acting Attorney General Whitaker Faces House Judiciary Committee

The interim Justice Department boss told lawmakers he didn't want to talk about his conversations with President Trump but did want to try to allay concerns that he has served as a White House mole.

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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker vowed Friday that he hasn't interfered in any way with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Whitaker also told the House Judiciary Committee that although he's been briefed about the work of special counsel Robert Mueller, he has been the "endpoint" for all the information he's gotten and he hasn't discussed it with anyone at the White House.

Whitaker told lawmakers he didn't want to talk

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