Acting Attorney General Bathes In Donor Money

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker loves accepting political bribes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES

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"A new lawsuit by Senate Democrats is challenging Pres. Trump’s appointment of Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker on its constitutionality, but details from a 2004 disclosure form suggest that Whitaker might not have been qualified for the job that actually launched his Justice Department career in the first place.

Whitaker became U.S. attorney for Iowa’s Northern District in June 2004 at the recommendation of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), now the Judiciary Committee chair. Whitaker’s appointment came at a time when the Justice Department was secretly rating federal prosecutors on their loyalty to Pres. Bush.

As TYT previously reported, the Justice Department has refused to release documents that could address accusations at the time that Whitaker put partisan politics above his duties as a federal prosecutor. And the experience that got Whitaker his position as U.S. attorney for Iowa’s Southern District has not been closely examined.

As part of his Senate confirmation process, Whitaker submitted a disclosure form and questionnaire in which he gave relevant details about his background. Specifics supplied by Whitaker portray an attorney with no civil-rights experience and a minuscule number of criminal or federal cases under his belt.

Whitaker was nominated for the position in February 2004, less than nine years after receiving his law degree from Iowa Law School in 1995. In the intervening period, he worked as a lawyer at three different private firms and as corporate counsel for a grocery chain, SuperValu. In the years leading up to his nomination, he said, he also pursued multiple business deals, serving as president or executive for at least three companies unrelated to the legal field.”

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