Matt Whitaker

• Trump’s NATO ambassador pick says U.S. commitment to alliance ‘ironclad’

  Matt Whitaker told senators at his confirmation hearing he will push NATO allies to meet Trump’s demand to increase their own defense spending.

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  Mar 4, 2025
  
• How Trump’s NATO ambassador pick may bring ‘pressure tactics’ to alliance

  Experts see Trump's choice of Matt Whitaker, a lawyer with no foreign policy or diplomacy experience, as a sign Trump will pursue hardline tactics.

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  Nov 22, 2024
  
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• What to know about Trump’s NATO ambassador pick Matt Whitaker

  The choice of Trump's former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker is an unusual one, given his background in law enforcement and not in foreign policy or diplomacy.

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  Nov 20, 2024
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• Trump says attorney general will decide whether Mueller’s report will be made public

  Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said last week the probe is "close to being completed."

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  Feb 3, 2019
• Bill Kelly: The public may never see the real Mueller report

  Robert Mueller's confidential report must first be given to Acting Attorney General Matt Whittaker — and there's the rub, Bill Kelly says.

  Dec 21, 2018
• Acting Attorney General told Sen. Lindsey Graham that Mueller probe will go on: source

  The meeting with Lindsey Graham and Matt Whitaker comes as a bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation to protect Mueller’s job.

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  Nov 15, 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.

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  Nov 9, 2018