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Breaking from the @nytimes: Acting Attorney General Whitaker appears to have violated the Hatch Act by accepting campaign donations to his 2014 Senate campaign account while working as a senior DOJ official. We're investigating. nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/…
@nytimes .@maggieNYT and @kenvogel report Trump's acting AG, Matt Whitaker, earned more than $1.2 million from a conservative political group. Whitaker's financial disclosure forms were released to us and others tonight following our requests to DOJ and OGE. nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/…
@nytimes @maggieNYT @kenvogel Whitaker's financial disclosures - which were revised 5 times following his appointment as acting AG, including earlier today - are posted here. americanoversight.org/acting-ag-whit…
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Tomorrow, House Democrats will begin oversight. We've already been filing FOIA requests and will sue to get the documents if the administration tries to stonewall Congress. See what we've filed so far: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
We filed a FOIA to find out if USDA senior official Rebeckah Adcock violated the terms of her ethics agreement by meeting with those associated with her former employer: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
The EPA suppressed a report from the CDC on the health effects of perfluorinated compounds. We want to know if the chemical industry influenced this decision: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
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.@SecretaryZinke is leaving the administration one day before the the new Congress to avoid facing scrutiny. But just because he's leaving doesn't mean we're done investigating: americanoversight.org/our-ryan-zinke…
.@Interior recently classified uranium as a “critical mineral." We submitted a FOIA to find out if the the uranium mining industry influenced this decision — and what impact it could have on national monuments: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
From putting a high school friend with no experience in charge of grants to giving a $300 million contract to restore power in Puerto Rico to a tiny company from his hometown, it's clear Zinke favored personal connection over experience: americanoversight.org/our-ryan-zinke…
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Now that the House is investigating, Ben Carson could face real accountability for his son's participation in the Baltimore listening tour, retaliation against an employee who objected to his spending, and Armstrong Williams' role at the agency: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Ben Carson allegedly demoted an employee who objected when he tried to spend $31,000 on a dining set. Emails we obtained show she was frequently asked about exceeding the $5,000 limit on renovations: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
See our investigation into Ben Carson's leadership at HUD and his family's involvement at the agency: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
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Per @CNN and @LauraAJarrett : "acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told former Attorney General Ed Meese during a breakfast meeting in Washington on Wednesday that US Attorney John Huber is continuing his investigation into the wide-ranging allegations." #DOJ #Investigation
You can read more here: cnn.it/2F4PGTD. We are finding more confirmations and sources affirming that there is still an active investigation into the actions of the FBI and other agencies+individuals during the 2016 election cycle. It will never be confirmed however....
....until the investigation has concluded and findings are presented to the appropriate agencies and parties involved. #justice #indictments #trials #tribunals #FISAgate #spygate
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BREAKING: WHITAKER ETHICS LETTER —> Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Will Not Recuse Himself From The Mueller Investigation buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg… ... Read the letter @BuzzFeedNews now:
UPDATED: Acting Attorney General Whitaker Disregards Ethics Advice, Won’t Recuse Himself From The Mueller Probe buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
Alright, here's my final report for tonight on the Whitaker non-recusal news —> buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
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Acting attorney general Whitaker fielded early fraud complaints from customers at patent company yet promoted it for years, records show - The Washington Post
cc ⁦@MattWhitaker46⁩ ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/actin…
Here’s the Tuesday Senate Exchange
Whitaker affirmatively Subpoenaed by the FTC in Oct 2017
c-span.org/video/?455021-…
“Generally if we need the information, we should enforce the subpoena”
Quick question did it occur to you THAT is why I was hyper-focused on Whitaker’s SF86 & OGE filings. That’s where the there there is
Not who paid him at FACTDC, that’s secondary
c-span.org/video/?455021-…
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The OLC’s constitutional argument for #Whitaker as Acting AG is entirely based on historical precedent.
They don’t acknowledge that it can’t find a precedent *ever* for a non-Senate-confirmed acting Attorney General as a "head of a department." 1/ shugerblog.com/2018/11/20/the…
2/
 The only OLC precedent for an unconfirmed Acting AG is
1) from 1866,
2) for just a week
3) under the chaotic Andrew Johnson
4) who is infamous for flouting Congress and was impeached for it,
5) before the AG was even a “department head,” b/c DOJ did not yet exist.
3/ The Constitution identifies “Head of a Department” and “the principal officer of an executive department” as meaningful categories, whose significance is overlooked by OLC. Whitaker would be the head of DOJ. And thus he’d be a principal officer, needing Senate confirmation.
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#BREAKING Trump FIRES Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump asked him to submit letter of resignation. Let's remember Sessions did everything Trump wanted, even separated children at border. The ONLY reason Trump fired him: Sessions recused, didn't stop the Russia investigation.
Trump fired Sessions and replaced him with a man who has openly expressed hostility to the Mueller investigation. Matthew Whitaker wrote in 2017 that investigating Trump's financial ties to Russia is beyond Mueller's scope. Ridiculous then. Now dangerous. cnn.com/2017/08/06/opi…
CNN reports Kelly fired Sessions at Trump's request. Before the cray am press conference, at which Trump threatened Democrats who would do their oversight DUTY to investigate him, whipped Republicans who shunned him…and called a woman of color 'racist' for asking abt Nationalism
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BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns at Trump’s request.

It's happening, Trump is going to attempt to end the Mueller probe. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
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Lindsey Graham in July 2017: "If Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay."

How long before 2018 Lindsey is appointed Attorney General?
Trump named Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, as acting AG. Whitaker is now set to oversee the Mueller's probe.

Whitaker, once wrote an opinion column before joining the DOJ titled "Mueller's investigation into Trump is going too far." nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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