Acting AG Whitaker Cleared, Does Not Have To Recuse Himself From The Russia Probe

This is big news.

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has been cleared. He doesn’t have to recuse himself from the Russia probe.

Democrats are’t going to be happy about this.

A source familiar with the matter told Fox News on Thursday that Whitaker met with Justice Department ethics officials this week, who told him he was not precluded from overseeing Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates during the 2016 presidential election.

Whitaker, who served as chief of staff to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions until Sessions was fired, has faced extreme pressure from Democrats to recuse himself to ensure that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues in that role.

AG Whitaker, who roundly criticized the Mueller investigation as a TV commentator, does not need to recuse himself and will oversee that investigation going forward, NBC news has learned.

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) December 20, 2018

Seems that the ethics department has officially given up.

— Big Frizy (@AiryOrange) December 20, 2018

Has anyone else noticed the DOJ keeps repeatedly bending over for King Trump?

— PaulRyanFanClubPrez (@dontfallfor45) December 20, 2018

We have now been taken over by Russia.

— [email protected] (@jopo3aolcom1) December 20, 2018

Oh come on. That’s a little dramatic. Wouldn’t you say?