Whittaker would have been a better AG than Barr, especially in protecting Trump from the BS investigations conducted by the FBI and then Mueller.
He was acting AG after Sessions and before Barr for a few months, but my guess is, Mitch McConnell would never allow the Senate to vote on him, so Whittaker had to leave.
> “Mitch McConnell would never allow the Senate to vote on him, so Whittaker had to leave.”
That’s accurate. But note, McConnell controls the purse strings of the NRSC and the persons bringing $$$ to the NRSC are the ones who control McConnell.