Matthew Whitaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday as scheduled, ending a day’s worth of uncertainty over whether he would appear.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved William Barr’s nomination for attorney general along party lines Thursday, with Republicans praising his credentials and Democrats questioning how transparent he’ll be once special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation concludes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says it’s “totally up to” his attorney general whether the public gets to read special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel’s Russia probe is “close to being completed,” the acting attorney general said in the first official sign that the investigation may be wrapping up.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel’s Russia probe is “close to being completed,” the acting attorney general said Monday in the first official sign that the investigation may be wrapping up.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will face questions from House lawmakers next month about whether he discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe prior to succeeding ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year, according to one top Democrat.
Marci Whitaker, the wife of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, accused two Slate journalists of “trying to destroy” her husband in an article they published Monday.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will appear before Congress on Feb. 8 for an oversight hearing, the House Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday, marking the first Trump Cabinet official to be hauled before the new Democratic majority.
The incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday renewed his promise to grill acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to ensure special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe continues unabated.
Incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff pledged Sunday that once Democrats take over the chamber next year, they will “scrutinize every single action” by acting Attorney General Matthew G.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker chose not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation even though a top Justice Department ethics official advised him to step aside out of an “abundance of caution,” a senior official said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration Tuesday banned bump stocks, the firearm attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns and were used during the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is defending the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies and decrying federal judges attempting to block many of them.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the White House chief of staff (all times local):
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As President Donald Trump ponders picking a new chief of staff, more names are emerging as possible contenders for the job.
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As President Donald Trump ponders picking a new chief of staff, more names are emerging as possible contenders for the job.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government is allocating nearly $17 million to help people affected by the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting that became the deadliest in the nation’s modern history, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Friday.