12/6/18: Want to understand how grave a threat Trump is to the rule of law? Consider the open letter signed by 400 former officials at the Department of Justice. In it, veterans of both Democratic and Republican administrations call upon him to remove Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
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Whitaker - and his main qualification for the job is? |
The letter reads in part:
Because of our respect for our
oaths of office and our personal experiences carrying out the Department’s mission,
we are disturbed by the President’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker to serve as
Acting Attorney General. We know that overseeing the Department of Justice is
one of the most important roles in our government. The Attorney General is
responsible for ensuring that we are a nation of laws and that every citizen
and every government official — including
the President himself — is equally
subject to those laws [emphasis added]. Because of the profound
responsibilities the position entails and the independence it requires, it can
only be filled by someone who has been subjected
to the strictest scrutiny under the process required by the
Constitution.
Whitaker has not been confirmed and his main qualifications
seem to be his former work shilling for World Patent Marketing, a company fined
for scamming customers, his comments, going back a
year, that the Mueller probe was a “hoax,” and his complete and utter lack of principles.
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