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...Miller would be expected to play a big hand in this along with Matt Whitaker, who served as acting assistant attorney-general during Trump’s first term after he fired Jeff Sessions, his first attorney-general...
...when Mr Barr was attorney-general in the George HW Bush administration....
...Matthew Whitaker, the acting US attorney-general, said on Friday he had 'not interfered in any way' with Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign....
...Mr Whitaker, who was chief of staff to Mr Sessions, was appointed after the former attorney-general was forced out by Mr Trump....
...The Maryland filing asked a district judge in the state to find that Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney-general, is the lawful acting attorney-general....
The forced departure means Matthew Whitaker will oversee the Russia investigation
...But the shift in authority over the Russia investigation from Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney-general, to Mr Whitaker following this week’s midterm elections, has alarmed Republicans and Democrats alike...
...He told CBS that a permanent attorney-general was not expected to be selected until next year, potentially giving Mr Whitaker a strong hand over its direction in the meantime....
...Mr Trump selected Mr Whitaker as acting attorney-general last week after he forced Mr Sessions to resign the day after the midterms vote....
...The acting attorney-general rejoined the justice department last year as chief of staff to Mr Sessions....
...Matthew Whitaker, the US acting attorney-general, announced the indictments on Monday, which followed what he said was years of investigations....
...In November, Mr Trump shared an image on Twitter that showed his deputy attorney-general behind bars....
...“The acting attorney-general is in charge of all matters under the purview of the Department of Justice,” said Sarah Isgur Flores, a department spokeswoman....
...Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney-general, announced the action against the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker on Monday as China’s trade negotiators, led by Vice-Premier Liu He, arrived in Washington...
...The nomination of Mr Barr follows the president’s controversial appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney-general following the sacking of Jeff Sessions last month....
...Mr Whitaker, who had been publicly critical of the Russia investigation before he joined the government in 2017, took over the oversight role from Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney-general who had been...
...Matthew Whitaker....
...The indictments in the US were unsealed at a press conference on Monday by Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney-general, flanked by Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, and Christopher Wray, director of...
...Matthew Whitaker, acting US attorney-general, said the drug boss’s downfall “serves as an irrefutable message to the kingpins that remain in Mexico, and those that aspire to be the next Chapo Guzmán, that...
...Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney-general Mr Trump forced Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney-general the day after the midterm elections....
...Expect him to also keep a close eye on Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation, particularly with regards to the Justice Department and its new acting attorney-general, Matthew Whitaker....
...November 7 2018 Jeff Sessions is fired as attorney-general and replaced by Matthew Whitaker, a critic of the Mueller investigation....
...America loves a drama: this week, I have been distracted by footage of the Acting Attorney General Matthew G Whitaker sparring with the Democrats over his role in overseeing the Mueller investigation....
...Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney-general, announced the action against the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker on Monday evening....
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