Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Could Absolutely Foil Robert Mueller’s Backup Plans
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has an easy way to frustrate ongoing federal investigations into President Donald Trump and his business empire–simply telling by his underlings to back off.
The Southern District of New York (SDNY) has long been considered one of special counsel Robert Mueller‘s parachutes, so to speak, because of their traditional independence from the Department of Justice and relevant jurisdictional authority over several Trump properties, business and associates. Essentially, many of the SDNY’s investigations as of late have effectively functioned as a form of ancillary or parallel authority to Mueller’s own Russia probe.
Pace Law’s Mimi Rocah, herself a former federal prosecutor with the SDNY, explained the potential danger inherent in Whitaker’s ascension on Twitter.
“This is potentially as bad firing Mueller,” she wrote. “[Trump is] accomplishing what he wants in a more stealth way (so gives him & his allies cover). AND he has put someone in place who has oversight of all investigations not just Russia – including SDNY & [Eastern District of Virginia] investigations.”
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