🚨 Our new acting Attorney General Whitaker is bad news. That's why @MoveOn @Public_Citizen and many other groups have organized protests nationwide tomorrow. It's not just that Trump got rid of sessions. Whitaker CANNOT oversee the Mueller probe. A thread about why. /1
In 2017, Whitaker defended the president against the suggestion that his D.C. hotel was an unethical annex to the White House. Whitaker said, “The ethics laws and the conflict of interest rules do not apply to the president or vice president.”
In 2017, Whitaker tweeted a link to a CNN article reporting that the Special Counsel’s investigation was looking at Trump’s financial ties to Russia. Whitaker added his own commentary:
Whitaker Has Used the Term “Witch Hunt” in Discussing Mueller Investigation and retweeted an op-ed on the “Mueller Lynch Mob”, adding comment “Worth a Read”:
In 8/17, Whitaker tweeted a Fox News article on the Paul Manafort raid with his own commentary:
In 8/17 NPR reported, “Even if authorities uncover damaging information about Trump or anyone else in the White House, there are serious questions about whether that material will ever be made public, short of an indictment or impeachment.” Whitaker added:
Whitaker once quoted a tweet from CNN’s @mkraju that “Lindsey Graham also says he is drafting legislation to insulate the special counsel from WH pressure.” Whitaker added his thoughts:
You get the idea. This guy is a perfect Trump stooge. Check out my piece urging activists to rally tomorrow. demwritepress.com/2018/11/07/no-…
