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President Trump says he doesn't know acting attorney general Matt Whitaker despite calling him a "great guy" one month prior on Fox news.

Before departing as White House counsel, Don McGahn was blamed by President Trump for special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. CNN's Kara Scannell has more.

As President Trump hits the campaign trail leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, some of his claims on tax cuts, immigration and his administration's achievements have grown past factual support. #CNN #News

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has clearly indicated he wants special counsel Robert Mueller's probe to conclude as soon as possible, Bloomberg reports, citing a US official. #CNN #News

Scott Wagner, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor, posted a video on Facebook Friday in which he threatened violence toward his opponent, Democratic Gov. Wolf, let me tell you, between now and Nov. 6, you’d better put a catcher’s mask on your face because I’m going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes, because I’m going to win this for the state of Pennsylvania and we’re throwing you out of office.” Several hours later, and after it had received national attention, the video was removed from Facebook. We’ll set aside the debate over what is and isn’t a metaphor to make these initial points, in plain English: — Wagner made a violent threat toward his opponent. (To be clear, when examining the issue of incivility at the national level there are examples of unacceptable rhetoric all across the political spectrum.) Wagner’s video did not help. In his second video Friday, Wagner walked back his threat, stating: “I may have had poor choice of words. But he still deserves strong criticism for making the statements in the first place. But the reality is that if anyone else had made such a statement toward another individual, they would have likely faced the criminal charge of making a terroristic threat. Pennsylvanians shouldn’t just shrug and accept an outburst like Wagner’s. And try to return to civility, one conversation at a time.

In a rare interview with ABC, Melania Trump said she's focused on being a mother and a first lady as opposed to her husband's alleged infidelities. #CNN #News

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump's criticism of Christine Blasey Ford at a campaign rally by saying he was "just stating facts."

When asked about the allegations of sexual assault against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump said that it is a "scary time" for men in the United States and that men are now "guilty until proven innocent."

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) requests an FBI investigation into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate votes on his confirmation.

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at Sen. John McCain's funeral service in Arizona, where he described the late senator as a "brother."