Trump once asked Whitaker whether the U.S. attorney for SDNY, a Trump ally, could be put in charge of the Cohen probes, NYT reports. Whitaker couldn't do it.

NOTE: Whitaker told the Judiciary Cmte. Trump never pressured him over the various probes.https://t.co/ElVz4gdQDj

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2019