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Matt Whitaker
attorney general
Dec. 6, 2018
Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed Sessions
Barr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 30, 2018
Trump’s Crooked Attorney General Stonewalled Probe Into His Crooked Firm
The acting attorney general has experience obstructing justice.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 21, 2018
McGahn Wouldn’t Lock Up Hillary. So Trump Hired Whitaker.
When Don McGahn didn’t help President Trump pressure the Department of Justice to go after Hillary Clinton, he turned to Whitaker.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 15, 2018
Trump Just Blurted Out the Real Reason He Hired Matt Whitaker
“As far as I’m concerned this is an investigation that should have never been brought.”
By
Jonathan Chait
department of justice
Nov. 7, 2018
The New Acting Attorney General Is Suffocatingly Normal
An old tweet is worth a thousand words, or something.
By
Brian Feldman
the national interest
Nov. 7, 2018
Trump Has Found His Roy Cohn in Matt Whitaker. The Rule of Law Is Under Attack.
Trump and Whitaker are completely transparent about their plan to corrupt the Department of Justice.
By
Jonathan Chait