Fox News - Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General may be illegal
 

President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General may be illegal, Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for Fox News, said on Wednesday.

“Under the law, the person running the Department of Justice must have been approved by the United States Senate for some previous position. Even on an interim post,” Napolitano told Fox News’ Dana Perino.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was dismissed on Wednesday and Napolitano said his interim replacement should have been Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

While Whitaker was confirmed by the Senate in 2004 when he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Napolitano said that he was nevertheless ineligible to serve in his current post as the confirmation was not “for a leadership position in the Justice Department.”

“Who has been confirmed and who’s next in line? Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein,” Napolitano added.




Basically Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein is who by law should be moved as acting AG in the event the AG is fired or leaves his position.. While Whitaker was illegally appointed by Trump with no confirmation.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0dbe871a69269


This would be the same as Removing Trump from office then saying.. No we don't want Pence we will put Hillary in charge instead.

Trump once again has broken our laws. Time to start forcing the issue since Republicans have no backbone to support our laws & Constitution.

Good luck with that. There's an obvious reason why RoRo wasn't picked and also why he's already canceling speaking engagements.

Let's pretend i don't know that reason

Chump is continuing to obstruct. He's trying to stack the deck as much as he can before the new house is sworn in!

Why? America spoke, they didn't want her in 2008, she was upset by a little known senator, then in 2016 she is the loser in the biggest political upset in history. But yeah lets go Hill

Jesus you are dumb..

Everything about this administration is illegal. They haven't accomplished one single thing.

Americans just spoke and said no to Trump.. Yet you are ok with him ignoring majority rule

I hope he puts Rudy in as AG. That would be great.

More whining from the delusional democrats.

Crockett- Rosenstein isn't eligible since he's under investigation for signing his name on the fraudulent FIA warrants. You want the prime suspect in a crime running the investigation. Because you're clueless.

Are you ever going to stop whining like a little bitch on gfy about every article you see on HuffingPaint Post?

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Here is the announcement:

https://i.imgur.com/1F40oLC.jpg

Ok Crockett- read it slowly... sound out the words..

Since you're slow, I'll explain: He said "will become." That means the guy has NOT been appointed and there's no illegal action. Understand?

:pimp

He's considering Chris Chistie

Yeah.. that wont happen

This guy is so fucking guilty it's not even funny. You have to be awfully delusional not to see that.