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Matthew George Whitaker (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as acting United States attorney general from November 2018 to February 2019. He was appointed to that position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request. [ 2 ]
Ambassador to NATO: Matthew Whitaker. Whitaker, Trump’s former acting attorney general, would fill the role at a crucial time amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump touted Whitaker as a choice ...
Matthew Whitaker, former acting US Attorney General, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union on February 28, 2020 in ...
President-elect Trump has named his former acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, as the next ambassador to NATO, selecting him to fill the role at a crucial time amid Russia’s war in ...
Whitaker held the position for several months, on an acting basis and without Senate confirmation, until William Barr was confirmed as attorney general in February 2019. Whitaker has been a relentless critic of the federal criminal cases against Trump, which appear set to evaporate after Trump’s election win.
Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general for three months during Trump's 2017-2021 term, has been actively involved with the America First Policy Institute, a right-leaning think tank that ...
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker was tapped Wednesday as U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming administration.
On November 7, 2018, Trump named Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General, and Whitaker took over the oversight of Mueller's investigation. Oversight of the investigation was later assumed by William Barr upon his confirmation as attorney general.