Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker quit his job over the weekend,just weeks after the current attorney general was sworn in, according to NBC News. Whitaker had served as the senior counselor at the Justice Department after Attorney General William Barr was sworn in on February 14.
The former Iowa prosecutor served as chief of staff under ex-Attorney General Jeff Session and had been a strong supporter of the broad expend of executive authority. Whitaker served under Sessions until November 2018, or when Sessions resigned at the request of Donald Trump for criticism of his handling of the Russia probe. At that point,Whitaker was tapped to act as Attorney General by Trump until a permanent AG could be nominated and confirmed. At the time, many were concerned that Whitaker would hamper the Robert Mueller investigation in some way because he had previously questioned the need for the investigation.
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Source: inquisitr.com