and Whitaker speaks up because a full time AG is about to take his place.
He's not worried.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/whitaker-says-he-wont-testify-unless-subpoena-threat-is-lifted/ar-BBTiIlz?ocid=spartanntpChris Strohm and Billy House
(Bloomberg) -- Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he won’t testify before a House panel unless Democrats lift a threat to subpoena him if he refuses to answer questions about conversations with President Donald Trump and his oversight of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Hours after the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize a subpoena, Whitaker issued a statement saying
“it is apparent that the committee’s true intention is not to discuss the great work of the Department of Justice, but to create a public spectacle. Political theater is not the purpose of an oversight hearing, and I will not allow that to be the case.”
He said he won’t appear unless committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler “assures me that the committee will not issue a subpoena today or tomorrow, and that the committee will engage in good faith negotiations before taking such a step down the road.”
Democrats have said they want the option to subpoena Whitaker if he refuses to discuss some issues during testimony before the committee that was scheduled for Friday.