In case what's missing from your life is a long post from the Lawfare team about the Sessions firing and the rise of Matt Whitaker… https://t.co/afnpDS0SHF
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) November 8, 2018
And here is future United States Attorney General Matthew Whitaker promoting advances in hot tub design for scammers World Patent Marketing: pic.twitter.com/M9i2u2l4ww
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) November 7, 2018
NEW: Whitaker ran interference for Sessions in 2017 when Sessions took heat over Kislyak conversations https://t.co/C1EbycItsw
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) November 8, 2018
Trump's new acting AG said Clinton should've faced prosecution in email probe @CNNPolitics https://t.co/AGdHSgQAZ4
— David P Gelles (@gelles) November 7, 2018
The Whitaker-Clovis journey: both lost Iowa GOP primary; Whitaker chaired Clovis's Treasurer race; Clovis lost again; Clovis became co-chair of Trump's campaign, unqualified USDA pick, Mueller witness; Whitaker criticized Mueller, got hired at DOJ, became attorney general.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 8, 2018
NYT: "Whitaker first came to the attention of Mr. Trump because he liked watching Mr. Whitaker express skepticism about aspects of Mr. Mueller’s investigation on television." He was hired as Sessions's COS very shortly after this public Mueller criticism. https://t.co/a4RUZ2nqhx
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 8, 2018
NEW: Trump's acting attorney general was a board member of Miami Beach-based company World Patent Marketing, which the FTC called a scam and shut down https://t.co/XjMkkHJmjP
— Brittany Shammas (@britsham) November 7, 2018
Sad! 