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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsn't it obvious it was Acting AG Whitaker
who was INITIALLY the guy behind the targeting of IC Committee members and their staff and families with these GJ subpoenas?
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Isn't it obvious it was Acting AG Whitaker (Original Post)
boston bean
Jun 2021
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kentuck
(115,400 posts)1. It would make sense.
That Trump would get an AG, even if for a very short time, just to do some special "chores" for him, and not ask any questions.
Blue Owl
(59,042 posts)2. Wow I already forgot about the man-toilet guy
underpants
(196,430 posts)3. I had to and wasn't sure of your reference
Googled him and instantly go the toilet reference. He was actually the Attorney General of the United States of America.
JI7
(93,576 posts)4. Almost forgot about that strange, weird ass dipshit .
cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)5. Now that you mention it -
Indeed it does, if Sessions, Barr and Rosenstein can be believed.
dalton99a
(94,095 posts)6. The subpoena went out in February 2018.
Matthew George Whitaker (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as the acting United States Attorney General from November 7, 2018, to February 14, 2019. He was appointed to that position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request.[1] Whitaker had previously served as Chief of Staff to Sessions from October 2017 to November 2018.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Whitaker
boston bean
(36,930 posts)8. I heard late 2018
Nevilledog
(55,073 posts)7. It started before him.