Trump to nominate former acting AG Matthew Whitaker as NATO ambassador

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Source: Scripps News

Posted 23 minutes ago


President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is nominating former acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker as the United States' ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Whitaker worked in the Trump administration as the acting attorney general in late 2018 and early 2019, serving as the bridge between Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr. Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general was the subject of a lawsuit.

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh sued the Trump administration claiming that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and not Whitaker, should be named the acting attorney general as Whitaker had not been Senate confirmed. Rosenstein was the acting attorney general for mere hours after Sessions' resignation.

Several federal courts dropped the case and Whitaker continued serving in the role until the Senate confirmed William Barr in 2019. He also was a U.S. attorney during the Bush and Obama administrations in the southern district of Iowa.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/trump-to-nominate-former-acting-ag-matthew-whitaker-as-nato-ambassador

[bagimin]

1. Not the scam artist mofo again!

I can't take any more.

[Onthefly]

2. Oh my

I met him when he was acting AG at a meeting in Des Moines. He didn’t sell me a toilet.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

3. So another well qualified person for the job ...

Nothing in his Wikipedia page even hints he has been outside the country, much less has significant military, foreign policy, or national security experience.

Never in the military. Never in the Foreign Service. Never in the DoD. Never ... the list is long.