Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney in Iowa who ran for political office as a Republican in 2014, also argued in an op-ed for CNN in August 2017 that Mueller would be crossing a line if he launched an investigation into the finances of Trump and his family.
“Mueller has come up to a red line in the Russia 2016 election-meddling investigation that he is dangerously close to crossing,” Whitaker wrote.
“That goes beyond the scope of the appointment of the special counsel.”
He’s run for other offices in Iowa, going back years. He’s not real charismatic, but he’s smart and a good guy.