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Democrats are probing whether the special envoy was directed by Trump to squash an investigation in Ukraine. Republicans have a plan to throw him under the bus.
The indicted former campaign manager worked with the president to undermine federal law enforcement.
Whitaker advised the president on launching a new special counsel while working as chief of staff for Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Fear of mass resignations, a potential constitutional crisis, and the erosion of independence within the Justice Department.
Trump also asked Sessions and the FBI director to find derogatory information on the officials, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
The acting head of the bureau told top officials to prepare.
Sources: McCabe, Rybicki, and Baker could corroborate the ex-director’s claims that the president asked him to back off investigating Michael Flynn.