Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Is Reportedly A Trump Loyalist

[gnadfly]

The more I read about this guy, the more I like him.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/07/66533...ueller-inquiry

Now, though, Sessions is gone and the Justice Department says that means Whitaker's purview includes the special counsel's investigation.

Whitaker has not been a fan.

"Mueller has come up to a red line in the Russia 2016 election-meddling investigation that he is dangerously close to crossing," Whitaker wrote in an op-ed last year before he came to work for the government.

He called for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and who has been supervising his work, to curb the investigation.

Now Whitaker is in charge of the Justice Department and Rosenstein reports to him, putting Whitaker in a position to constrain the special counsel if he wishes or if he's directed to do so by the president.

"A hoax"

Trump has made clear that he believes he has the power to fire Mueller altogether, through the leadership of the Justice Department or outside it. The president's lawyers have argued he has vast privilege under the Constitution to hire or dismiss nearly anyone within the executive branch.

Trump asserted that again on Wednesday in a press conference at the White House in which he suggested the only reason he hasn't already ousted Mueller is because it might make him look bad.

[TheDaliLama]

It’s time to call it what it is. Dems need to put up or shut up.

Trump should call them out.

Go ahead.... impeach me....make my day.

[Yssup Rider]

Trump’s got a stick up his butt for good reason.

Pretty soon, he’ll have a stick and Mad Max up his ass.

Can he take her hard pass away too?

He’ll try.

[garhkal]

GOOD. Lets Hope he's got more balls and spine than sessions ever had!

[gnadfly]

Interesting, now that Sessions is gone and Rosenstein has been taken off, Mueller is writing his "final report."

From Fake News CNN:
Mueller's team has begun writing its final report, multiple sources told CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/polit...ler/index.html

But still there are "more questions."

[rexdutchman]

The Dims are just not happy about anything , ( Like my 85 year old mother just bitchin to bitch)

[WTF]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

It’s time to call it what it is. Dems need to put up or shut up.

Trump should call them out.

Go ahead.... impeach me....make my day.

I think they should be able to investigate for the same amount of time as Benghazi

[grean]

There is conflicting legislation about whether or not someone not confirmed by the Senate can hold a principle office even temporarily.


The Pelosi won't let articles of impeachment hit the floor in the house because there is 0 chance of conviction in the Senate.

[I B Hankering]

Matthew Whitaker joined the Trump Justice Department as Sessions’s chief of staff in October 2017. The date is relevant. The president has named him as acting attorney general under the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (the relevant provisions are codified at Sections 3345 and 3346 of Title 5, U.S. Code). There has been some commentary suggesting that because Whitaker was in a job (chief of staff) that did not require Senate confirmation, he could not become the “acting officer” in a position (AG) that calls for Senate confirmation. Not so. The Vacancies Act enables the president to name an acting officer, who may serve as such for 210 days, as long as the person named has been working at the agency or department for at least 90 days in a fairly high-ranking position. Whitaker qualifies.

(National Review)

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[grean]

Sessions was NEVER EVER EVER a fan of Clinton, if there was anything at all actionable, do you not think he would have it moved on?

Non political career people make these recommendations, not partisan politicians.

[grean]

Originally Posted by I B Hankering

.

You may be right. Probably are....

I'm just saying that a number of people believe it may not be legal. We shall see.