Acting Attorney General

• Trump mulls pushing new attorney general to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

  Sources said Trump, angry that outgoing Attorney General William Barr didn't publicly announce the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden, has discussed the matter with allies.

  World

  Dec 15, 2020
  
• ‘I have not interfered in any way,’ acting U.S. AG Whitaker says of Mueller investigation

  We have followed the special counsel's regulations to a T," Matthew Whitaker told the House Judiciary Committee Friday.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2019
  
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• Trump slams Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff in tweet, calls him ‘little Adam Schitt’

  Trump says Schiff shouldn’t complain that Matthew Whitaker wasn’t confirmed by the Senate as acting attorney general because neither was special counsel Robert Mueller.

  Politics

  Nov 18, 2018
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• McConnell says new acting attorney general is ‘very interim’, will be replaced ‘quickly’

  The Senate’s top Republican is predicting a permanent replacement could be named soon for acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.

  Politics

  Nov 10, 2018
• ‘I don’t know Matt Whitaker,’ Trump says after appointing him as acting attorney general

  U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to distance himself from Matthew Whitaker as he faces criticism over his choice for acting attorney general.

  Politics

  Nov 9, 2018