Chuck Schumer demands probe of Matthew Whitaker's White House communications

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, citing a media report, said new acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker may have been improperly communicating with the White House to obstruct special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Schumer, D-N.Y., sent a letter Tuesday to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, requesting that Horowitz investigate “potentially unlawful or improper communications” between Whitaker and the White House dating back to 2017, when he became chief of staff to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.