President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Matthew Whitaker will take over as acting attorney general, the President said.
Whitaker is expected to take charge of the Russia investigation and special counsel Robert Mueller from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Whitaker has been openly critical of Mueller and the investigation and Democrats immediately called on him to recuse himself, just as Sessions had.
Ron Hosko is a former FBI Assistant Director and President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the mass shooting in California overnight: