The Acting US Attorney General knows how to tell time. The jerk should not be in the DOJ. But, I think the American people know Whitaker never belonged in a responsible position in the DOJ. I think Whitaker's license needs to be reviewed.

Whitaker has no intention of answering Congressional questions. He is obstructing justice. Review his license. I'll go so far as to say he has no intention of honoring the USA Constitution and the power of Congress.

I might add, the Ranking Member, I think his name is Collins; doesn't take up the defense of the US Constitution in calling Whitaker on the carpet for the disrespect of the Chairman. He did not tell Whitaker his answers should be concise and correct.

..."Mr. Whitaker, (click here) like everyone else at the Department of Justice, you are entitled to your political opinions.  This Committee should not be in the business of vilifying government personnel for their private views, particularly when the Department takes steps to mitigate even the appearance of a conflict of interest in an ongoing investigation.

"But when career officials at the Department recommended that you take steps to mitigate your apparent conflicts of interest, Mr. Whitaker—when they told you that your public criticism of the Special Counsel was bad for the Department and bad for the administration of justice—you ignored them.

"You decided that your private interest in overseeing this particular investigation—and perhaps others from which you should have been recused—was more important than the integrity of the Department.

"The question that this Committee must now ask is: why?...

The Chairman of the US Congressional Judiciary Committee has a responsibility in oversight. In order to carry out that oversight, he has to be confident the leaders of that department of government are competent and acting in the best interest of the people. If Chairman Nadler is unable to achieve respect for the USA Constitution through honest, respectful and truthful answers to his questions then the government is compromised.

Today, Whitaker attempted to take control of the hearing by insulting Chairman Nadler as to his questions and the time of which he asked them. Whitaker is insulting the US Constitution. In that, he is not competent to be in the leadership of the DOJ as the Congress carries out it's responsibility to the people of this country.

The testimony to a Congressional Committee is not a place for grandstanding with attempts to discredit Congressional Members by refusing to participate wholeheartedly in a hearing. How many hearings do Congressional Committees have to have to realize the Trump White House disregards the Rule of Law and stomps all over the US Constitution. Today's behavior by Whitaker is a prime example of the peril the US Constitution faces with this administration.

The facts are plain. In more than one instance with today's behavior by the Acting Attorney General be one, the Trump White House is proving they violated the oath of office they took to preserve, protect and defend the USA Constitution. A short time ago Senator Menendez brought forward the facts of another violation of the Rule of Law by the Trump White House.

...The U.S. brought the sanctions under a 1991 law (click here) known as the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act, or CBW Act. Moscow has denied any involvement in the poisoning, which Skripal and his daughter survived.

Under the law, a second tranche of sanctions is automatically triggered unless Russia meets a number of strict criteria, including showing it is no longer using chemical or biological weapons and allowing for independent inspections.

The State Department alerted Congress in November that Moscow had not complied with the requirements to avoid a second round of sanctions. However, the U.S. has not formally announced new sanctions on Moscow in the more than two months that have passed....

Not only does Trump stand in violation of USA law, he then circumvented the legislature and allowed a Russian oligarch to be relieved from sanctions through manipulations of the US Treasury that were placed due to Russia's continued violence against the people of Ukraine. The sanctions resulted because Russia not only committed violence but, completely disregarded an international treaty that GUARANTEED Ukraine it's own autonomy without interference. Ukraine trusted in the treaty and it is proving to be a mistake to do so with the people of Ukraine now entrenched in a civil war, propagated by weapons from Russia.

The disrepect for law, be it international or otherwise, is characteristic not only of Russia, but, evidently that of the Trump White House as well.

When does the US Congress, including the US Senate, end this charade of an Executive Branch and invoke the truth and the power of the US Constitution?