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DOJ just emailed out this statement in response to the motion filed before the Supreme Court on Friday asking it to declare that Rod Rosenstein, not Matt Whitaker, is the acting attorney general by law, in a case where it has to substitute the name of Jeff Sessions' successor.Permalink On twitter.com
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Here is @adamliptak 's story on that Supreme Court motion nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/politics/supreme-court-whitaker-attorney-general.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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Here's my story from last week about the State of Maryland making essentially the same motion in another pending case that had named Jeff Sessions as the defendant nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/politics/matt-whitaker-lawsuit-illegal-appointment.htmlOn twitter.com
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And here's my story from last week about the Justice Department's release of an Office of Legal Counsel memo that rebuts the argument that Trump's appointment of Whitaker violated both statutory and constitutional law. nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/politics/matthew-whitaker-justice-dept-trump.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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The new lawsuit against Qhitaker's appointment, filed today by three Democratic senators, has now been assigned to Judge Trevor McFadden, whom President Trump appointed last year. nytimes.com/2018/11/19/us/politics/democrats-lawsuit-whitaker-attorney-general.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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