Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, leaves Justice Department

[brooklynite]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Matthew Whitaker, the former acting attorney general whose brief appointment generated intense controversy, resigned from the Justice Department over the weekend.

Justice Department officials said Whitaker’s last day at the agency was Saturday. He had spent recent weeks working as a senior counselor in the office of the associate attorney general. He has not settled on what to do next in his legal career.

Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney in Iowa, was chief-of-staff to Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s first attorney general. Trump and Sessions had a notoriously frosty relationship after the attorney general recused himself from overseeing the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.

Trump successfully demanded Sessions’ resignation the day after the midterm elections and tapped Whitaker to take his place. The appointment was unusual because Whitaker was not a Senate-confirmed official, and his appointed was criticized by Democrats and unsuccessfully challenged in court.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-whitaker-steps-down-20190304-story.html

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Whitaker's next career

will be preparing his defense for all the lawsuits associated with the scammers for whom he was chief spokesman and enforcer.

[Achilleaze]

7. He shouldn't have lied so much

But he's a republican and they - at this point - can't help themselves.

[Power 2 the People]

8. +1

[Autumn]

2. He hauled ass fast. I wonder why.

[maxsolomon]

3. That was quick. Good luck with your new reputation.

Trump destroys everything he touches, and you were touched.

[PeeJ52]

4. This is about Republicans, it has nothing to do with us... We only call out Democrats

[JDC]

5. Rat leaves sinking ship

In the dead of night, as usual. Coward.

[George II]

6. What a surprise.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Is he returning to his lucrative business selling specially designed toilets for

men with "too long" penises?

[kairos12]

10. His next role is bumbling Bond villain.

[SkatmanRoth]

11. He managed to escape the whirlpool before it consumed him.

He will lay low for the next two years, then he will apply for a mid-level position at the Justice Department to put in enough years to retire.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. My thought as well

[Progressive Jones]

13. I have no doubt that this resignation came under orders from a superior. nt

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. Maybe he'll go back to scamming inventors in Miami.

Another piece of sh*t flushed from the collective consciousness.