Matthew Whitaker
“America needs an attorney general who doesn’t play politics," an ad says.
The motion argues that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should by law take over for the ousted Jeff Sessions.
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel was consulted before Jeff Sessions resigned.
Carrey depicted Trump as a pacifier-sucking infant in his latest cartoon.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The acting attorney general's history as a former federal prosecutor, and critic of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has come under scrutiny.
The president just appointed an acting attorney general who advised a company accused of scamming customers, the "Late Night" host said.
It's not just Senate Democrats who would have cause to act.
The president just meant the acting attorney general isn't "a friend" he’s known for "his entire life,” Conway said.
Democrats are looking to push for language protecting special counsel Robert Mueller in a must-pass spending bill later this year.
The president ignored a statutory line of succession at the Justice Department.