Ah, here is one reason why Trump loves Whitaker.......

[riversedge]

I missed this article from a few days ago.


Trump's new acting attorney general said Hillary Clinton should've faced prosecution in email probe

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/matthew-whitaker-attorney-general-hillary-clinton/

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Updated 6:49 PM ET, Wed November 7, 2018



Washington (CNN)The man now in charge of the Justice Department previously argued that Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted in the investigation into her private email server she kept while secretary of state.



Before President Donald Trump tapped him as acting attorney general on Wednesday, Matthew Whitaker had taken a strong stance against Clinton as the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). Whitaker was named acting attorney general after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was fired Wednesday
He argued at the time that "there was a strong case" to bring against Clinton in the FBI's investigation.
On the day in 2016 that then-FBI Director James Comey said he wouldn't recommend criminal charges against Clinton over her use of a private email server, Whitaker penned an op-ed in USA Today arguing that Clinton should be prosecuted.

"Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case," Comey said at a news conference in July 2016.
"I disagree," Whitaker wrote hours after. "I believe myself to have been a reasonable prosecutor, and when the facts and evidence show a criminal violation has been committed, the individuals involved should not dictate whether the case is prosecuted.".........................

[rzemanfl]

1. Whitaker seems like an all-purpose RWNJ. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

2. What facts? What evidence?

This clown is no reasonable prosecutor. He's proving to be completely unfit to be a lawyer at all

[riversedge]

5. He is certainly a Trump swamp creature!

[Turbineguy]

3. I wonder how this would work.

They spent 45 million investigating Whitewater. How much have they spent on the Email "scandal" so far? How much more do they want to spend? After all, it's only tax payer money.

Maybe we can put a limit on it. Something like, "you can't spend more than Trump spends playing golf!"

[IowaGuy]

4. Yeah, ask Matt McCoy if Whitaker is "reasonable".

When Whitaker engaged in a politically inspired prosecution against Iowan Matt McCoy, the jury thought the prosecution was such nonsense, they didn't even hang around long enough to get free donuts. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/11/matthew-whitaker-iowa-witch-hunt-222408