{"id":5423,"date":"2019-01-03T04:08:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2019-03-04T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:39:05","slug":"ten-reasons-remove-whitaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suitupmaine.org\/ten-reasons-remove-whitaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Reasons Matthew Whitaker Should be Out of DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Acting AG Matt Whitaker has a background overrun with fraud, scams, dark money payments, conflicts of interest, and other potentially illegal activity. Tell your MoC that Matt Whitaker has no business working in the Department of Justice and to demand answers about his background before considering him for any other position at DOJ.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUM Federal Government Working Group<\/a> C2A<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE ISSUE<\/span><\/h4>\n

Immediately following the midterm election, Trump demanded the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, replacing him with Sessions’ chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker. The Mueller investigation is now under immediate threat. As Mueller\u2019s direct superior, Whitaker could refuse to authorize subpoenas or expand lines of investigation. He could bury Mueller\u2019s report and block its delivery to Congress. He could leak information about Mueller\u2019s plans to Trump. He could even fire Mueller. Hand-picked by Trump to serve as an <\/span>informant within the DOJ<\/span><\/a>, Whitaker has a long record of overt political bias as well as a troubling resume filled with fraud, scams, dark money, and enough potentially illegal activity to spark numerous <\/span>investigations<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>lawsuits<\/span><\/a>, and demands for his <\/span>recusal<\/span><\/a>. His very appointment may not even be <\/span>constitutional<\/span><\/a>. Whitaker is wholly unqualified to serve at the nation\u2019s Attorney General, and should be immediately removed from his position as Acting AG. Here are ten reasons why:<\/span><\/p>\n

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TEN REASONS TO REMOVE MATT WHITAKER<\/span><\/h4>\n

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  1. Whitaker is under investigation<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for violating the Hatch Act.<\/span> <\/strong>The Office of Special Counsel is now investigating whether Whitaker <\/span>broke the law<\/span><\/a> by accepting thousands of dollars in campaign contributions years after his campaign had ended and while he was serving as Session\u2019s chief of staff. He also may have lied on his federal disclosure forms.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  2. Whitaker’s appointment may be unconstitutional<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/strong> The Constitution\u2019s Appointments Clause requires all \u201cprincipal officers\u201d of the government to be Senate-confirmed. Whitaker was not confirmed by the Senate. According to the order of succession, Senate-confirmed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have taken on the role of Acting AG.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  3. Whitaker may be in violation of tax laws<\/a><\/span><\/strong> prohibiting nonprofits from engaging in political activity. He led a <\/span>dark money-funded conservative \u201ccharity\u201d<\/span><\/a> engaged almost entirely in political attacks against democratic politicians (<\/span>including Hillary Clinton<\/span><\/a>) and derailing Merrick Garland\u2019s appointment to the Supreme Court and Mueller\u2019s probe. He was <\/span>paid $1.2 million<\/span><\/a> over 3 years by undisclosed donors.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  4. Whitaker participated in fraud and intimidation.<\/span><\/strong> He served on the advisory board of a <\/span>scam patent company<\/span><\/a> that ripped off its customers for millions of dollars and used his background as a US attorney to <\/span>threaten customers<\/span><\/a> who tried to complain. The company is currently <\/span>under criminal investigation<\/span><\/a> by the FBI.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  5. Whitaker is openly biased and cannot be a neutral arbiter.<\/span><\/strong> As a conservative pundit, he described his own <\/span>conclusions<\/span><\/a> about Mueller\u2019s active investigation, and also how he would <\/span>curtail it<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  6. Whitaker has numerous conflicts of interest<\/span><\/strong>, including ties to <\/span>Sam Clovis<\/span><\/a>, a a Trump campaign adviser who is now a witness in the Mueller investigation.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  7. Whitaker is a partisan and Trump loyalist<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/strong> Chosen by Trump to keep an eye on Jeff Sessions, Whitaker was considered by some in the DOJ to be a <\/span>White House spy<\/span><\/a>. He provided advice to the president on how he might be able to pressure the Justice Department to investigate the president\u2019s political adversaries, including Hillary Clinton.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  8. Whitaker won’t recuse himself.<\/span><\/strong> Despite his biased remarks and conflicts of interest, he reportedly has <\/span>no plans to recuse himself<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  9. Whitaker promotes religious bias in the judiciary.<\/span><\/strong> Whitaker said judges should have a <\/span>Christian worldview<\/span><\/a>, and that a judge with a \u201csecular worldview\u201d would be problematic.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n

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  10. Whitaker is known for abusing power.<\/span><\/strong> As a US Attorney, Whitaker sought to \u201cmake an example\u201d out of nonviolent drug offenders, by <\/span>threatening them with life imprisonment<\/span><\/a> and consistently seeking the harshest possible sentences, actions considered by presiding judges to be abusive and disproportionate. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    THE ACTION<\/span><\/h4>\n

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    Call your MoC<\/span><\/strong> and tell them all the reasons why Whitaker should be disqualified from serving as Attorney General, and that you want them to demand his removal. Tell them that you want them to include action to protect Mueller\u2019s investigation in the upcoming budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Sen. Susan Collins (R)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Email<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter
    <\/a><\/span>Washington, DC (202) 224-2523<\/span><\/p>\n

    Sen. Angus King (I)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    Email<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a>
    <\/span>Washington, DC: (202) 224-5344<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Rep. Chellie Pingree
    (D-CD1)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Email<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a>
    <\/span>Washington, DC: (202) 225-6116\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rep. Jared Golden<\/span>
    (D-CD2)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

    Email<\/a><\/span><\/span>
    Washington<\/span>,<\/span> DC: (202) 225-6306<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Maine House:
    <\/strong>1-800-423-2900\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Maine Senate:
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    TTY: Use Maine Relay 711<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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