House Dems order acting AG Whitaker to testify by late January
Source: Politico
By RACHAEL BADE 01/09/2019 03:06 PM EST
House Democrats are summoning acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to testify by the morning of the State of the Union in late January, rejecting a Justice Department plea to delay the hearing until February.
In a letter to the DOJ on Wednesday, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler identified Jan. 29 as the last day the panel could hear from Whitaker, a critic of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation who has refused to recuse himself from overseeing the probe.
Justice officials for weeks had hesitated to schedule the meeting. And Republicans on Capitol Hill have called Whitaker’s appearance pointless, arguing that the Senate is soon set to confirm his permanent replacement, William Barr.
But the Wednesday letter shows that Democrats will not allow Whitaker to fade away without a proper grilling. And they’re intent on hearing from him about how and why he got the job, whether President Donald Trump asked him to end or limit the FBI’s Russia investigation and why he has ignored recommendations from ethics officials that he recuse himself from the matter.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/house-democrats-whitaker-testify-1092442
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another Federalist Society POS...................we are coming...............even if he tries to get past the 200 day acting temporary rules, its January 29, 2019 not February, got it, mark it on your calendar ....................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough......................
Was -43 (Wind chill)here the other day. 
But it thickened our skin for sure!!
