Trump’s longest-serving political advisor, Roger Stone, claims in a new filing that his case is not “related” to the dozen Russians who allegedly hacked Democrats as new video of his arrest emerges. It comes as Trump’s Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, declines to defend the Mueller probe in a fiery clash with Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. Former U.S. Acting Solicitor General, Neal Katyal, tells Ari Melber that Whitaker is “so atrocious” that a “coffee cup” would be better by contrast.Feb. 9, 2019
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