Trump’s Whitaker Install Ignores the Constitution and Puts Mueller Under a Cloud
Trump’s decision to park Matthew Whitaker atop the Justice Department kept drawing heavy fire on November 15, with critics arguing the move was designed to weaken the Mueller investigation and bypass the Senate. The official legal defense was already on the books, but the political damage was plain: a Justice Department leadership crisis that looked engineered for protection, not principle.
Trump’s decision to park Matthew Whitaker atop the Justice Department kept drawing heavy fire on November 15, with critics arguing the move was designed to weaken the Mueller investigation and bypass the Senate. The official legal defense was already on the books, but the political damage was plain: a Justice Department leadership crisis that looked engineered for protection, not principle.
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