WASHINGTON ― Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has revised his ethics disclosure forms at least five times since President Donald Trump appointed him after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ forced resignation.
Financial disclosure forms published Tuesday evening show that Whitaker took in $900,000 in salary from a “charity” organization that took aim at Democrats on ethics grounds as well as $1,750 in legal fees from a dubious, since-shuttered marketing company accused of fraud.
Whitaker also took in more than $100,000 from his law firm as well as $15,000 from CNN, where he briefly served as a legal commentator who opposed special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
It’s unclear what exact information Whitaker omitted when he first filed the form upon his appointment as Sessions’ chief of staff in late 2017. The most recent changes were made the day after the midterm elections as well as on Nov. 8, Nov. 16, Nov. 19 and Nov. 20.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the conservative watchdog organization Whitaker headed, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, was originally set up as a “shell charity” and was supposedly focused on studying how environmental regulations affected businesses.
It just shows the level of corruption and incompetence that Trump is used to. These kind of deals happen all the time, but you don't make the guy acting AG when the whole world is looking. Once again only the best people
Only the best people, this guy is by far the laziest modern day prez. He starts but never finishes anything, God help us if something real bad happens to the USA. Happy thanksgiving
Raeanna Woody’s crimes hardly seemed like they would add up to a life sentence in prison. She had two nonviolent drug convictions, for possessing marijuana and delivering 12 grams of methamphetamine. But when she was arrested in a third drug case, she said, the office of U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker decided to make an example of her.
Under Whitaker, who is now acting attorney general, Woody was given a choice: spend the rest of her life in jail, or accept a plea bargain sentence of 21 to 27 years, according to court records. She took the deal.
Federal Judge Robert W. Pratt in the Southern District of Iowa later accused prosecutors of having “misused” their authority in her nonviolent case. He urged President Barack Obama to commute her sentence — and Obama did shorten her term , after she had served 11 years.
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Without knowing the source,
Without knowing the source, how can the Senate be sure he's be a "mole" for a foreign adversary?
Again, wholesale abdication of executive oversight.
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And now it's reported he's
And now it's reported he's changed his ethics forms 5 times since being appointed. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-whitaker-finances-attorney-...
WASHINGTON ― Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has revised his ethics disclosure forms at least five times since President Donald Trump appointed him after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ forced resignation.
Financial disclosure forms published Tuesday evening show that Whitaker took in $900,000 in salary from a “charity” organization that took aim at Democrats on ethics grounds as well as $1,750 in legal fees from a dubious, since-shuttered marketing company accused of fraud.
Whitaker also took in more than $100,000 from his law firm as well as $15,000 from CNN, where he briefly served as a legal commentator who opposed special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
It’s unclear what exact information Whitaker omitted when he first filed the form upon his appointment as Sessions’ chief of staff in late 2017. The most recent changes were made the day after the midterm elections as well as on Nov. 8, Nov. 16, Nov. 19 and Nov. 20.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the conservative watchdog organization Whitaker headed, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, was originally set up as a “shell charity” and was supposedly focused on studying how environmental regulations affected businesses.
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It just shows the level of
It just shows the level of corruption and incompetence that Trump is used to. These kind of deals happen all the time, but you don't make the guy acting AG when the whole world is looking. Once again only the best people
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Only the best people, this
Only the best people, this guy is by far the laziest modern day prez. He starts but never finishes anything, God help us if something real bad happens to the USA. Happy thanksgiving
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Purveyor of time travel and
Purveyor of time travel and "masculine toilets."
I'll be frank. I did not see the humor potential in this guy, at first.
A political hack AND a grifter.
It's like Trump F'd Kavanaugh.
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Thom?
Thom?
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Trumps basically a mob boss
Trumps basically a mob boss and 30 some odd % of Americans are perfectly fine with it.
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Whitaker is an all around POS
Whitaker is an all around POS
Raeanna Woody’s crimes hardly seemed like they would add up to a life sentence in prison. She had two nonviolent drug convictions, for possessing marijuana and delivering 12 grams of methamphetamine. But when she was arrested in a third drug case, she said, the office of U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker decided to make an example of her.
Under Whitaker, who is now acting attorney general, Woody was given a choice: spend the rest of her life in jail, or accept a plea bargain sentence of 21 to 27 years, according to court records. She took the deal.
Federal Judge Robert W. Pratt in the Southern District of Iowa later accused prosecutors of having “misused” their authority in her nonviolent case. He urged President Barack Obama to commute her sentence — and Obama did shorten her term , after she had served 11 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-us-attorney-whitaker-imposed-...