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Acting AG Matthew Whitaker cleared to oversee Trump-Russia investigation, source says
Fox News ^ | Dec. 20, 2018 | y Brooke Singman, Jake Gibson

Posted on 12/20/2018 8:38:40 AM PST by libstripper

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker will not recuse himself from overseeing the Russia probe, despite mounting pressure from Democrats who cite his “hostility” toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation.

A source familiar with the matter told Fox News on Thursday that Whitaker met with Justice Department ethics officials this week, who told him he was not precluded from overseeing Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates during the 2016 presidential election.

Whitaker, who served as chief of staff to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions until Sessions was fired, has faced extreme pressure from Democrats to recuse himself to ensure that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues in that role.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agwhitaker; investigation; mueller; trump; whitaker
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One can hope things might be moving in a good direction here.
1 posted on 12/20/2018 8:38:40 AM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Hope so.


2 posted on 12/20/2018 8:40:48 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: libstripper

“Hi everybody! You’re all fired.”


3 posted on 12/20/2018 8:41:03 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: libstripper

A grain of good news for the moment.....


4 posted on 12/20/2018 8:41:56 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: libstripper

We are being shown what we are permitted to see.

We do not know what we do not know


5 posted on 12/20/2018 8:42:41 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Seriously, this guy should do just that

Clean house

Get rid of Rosenrat as well

Mueller gone

all the democrat operatives gone

If this guy cleans house, he would do President Trump a yuge favor and he can turn it over to Barr in a couple months.

He’s temporary and he owes none of the swamp anything


6 posted on 12/20/2018 8:47:25 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: ClearCase_guy
“Hi everybody! You’re all fired.”

"Step away from your desks, and place your hands behind your back."

7 posted on 12/20/2018 8:48:04 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

I’d like to see an investigation and the results made public. I can hope and dream....


8 posted on 12/20/2018 8:50:35 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: bert

We are being shown what we are permitted to see.
We do not know what we do not know
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True enough enough, but also please see:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3714153/posts

Big things may be in motion.


9 posted on 12/20/2018 8:51:10 AM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper
That'll make the Dems seethe.

It'll also make them step up and vote for a new AG nominee.

10 posted on 12/20/2018 8:53:59 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: dhs12345

I’d like to see an investigation and the results made public. I can hope and dream....


Same here, but that will probably never happen

I want to see the DOJ swamp cleaned up

Whitaker might be the man to do it


11 posted on 12/20/2018 8:55:06 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

I think that there is a lot of truth to the claim that most people are sheep and they go about their lives not caring one bit. Unfortunately, complacency has it “reward.”


12 posted on 12/20/2018 8:59:34 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

If Whitaker fires the bad actors (all of them, they know who they are) Barr can prosecute them

But we need step 1, which is get them out of the DOJ right now.


13 posted on 12/20/2018 9:05:05 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Barr can prosecute them“

That’s a joke right? Barr is a Rat stooge get real.


14 posted on 12/20/2018 9:07:39 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Trump.Deplorable
Whittaker should clean house, do President Trump a yuge favor, then turn it over to Barr. He’s temp and owes the swamp nothing: <><>Clean house<><>Get rid of Rosenrat <><>Mueller gone <><> all the democrat operatives gone.

I like it.

15 posted on 12/20/2018 9:09:03 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

I just wish it would be a reality

If I was Whitaker, I would take the initiative and just do it. Sure I will get heat from it from the media and dimms, but President Trump can go on the record and say he didn’t order it.

And it would be my authority to do just that.

I would do on Christmas day as well


16 posted on 12/20/2018 9:13:00 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: libstripper

[[Democrats who cite his “hostility” toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation.]]

Well too damned bad- how many times have liberals ‘investigated’ themselves on obvious corruption and crimes, been hostile towards republicans, and found ‘no evidence of wrongdoing’? Cry away democrats!


17 posted on 12/20/2018 9:17:20 AM PST by Bob434
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To: gibsonguy

I have no idea what will happen with Barr

If he prosecutes them great, if not, nothing I can do about it.

But my plan if I was Whitaker would get these bad actors out of the government, that is goal #1


18 posted on 12/20/2018 9:19:44 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: ClearCase_guy
“Hi everybody! You’re all fired.”

Or better yet, "You're all Indicted".

19 posted on 12/20/2018 9:21:26 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: libstripper

Mueller’s witch hunt will now include Whitaker.


20 posted on 12/20/2018 9:24:54 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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