As soon as the Democrats whupped Donald Trump in the midterms he immediately fired Jeff Sessions, his Attorney General.
Jeff Sessions was lockstep in implementing all of Trump’s policies. He refused to act on any voter suppression cases. He refused to enforce the Voting Rights Act. He refused to enforce environmental laws. A Trumpster all the way.
Jeff Sessions was the first US Senator to endorse Trump. He was the first Senator to wear that goofy hat. Like Trump, he has a long history of racial discrimination. Birds of a feather.
BUT, following the required law, Sessions had to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller probe. Because he, himself, had met with Russians and later lied about it. This made Trump mad. Not the meeting part. Not the lying part. The recusal part.
So, another in a long line of Trump sycophants is thrown under the bus. Or out the window of Trump Tower. Into the Trump fecal pond. So be it.
Now, Trump has appointed a new acting Attorney General (emphasis on “acting”). A Fox news guy who has long held that the Supreme Court is not allowed to interfere with the president. That the president is above the law.
OK. So he is a Trump stooge. What else is new?
Well, according to Trump this guy is a great man. People in the White House say he is a man who Trump has met with a number of times. A man highly respected. They get along real good. Or, do they ? Uh…wait a minute.
Well, Trump, who just appointed this totally unqualified weight lifter to become the HIGHEST attorney in the land NOW claims he doesn’t even know the guy.
“Who are you? Do I know you? Wanna be Attorney General? Okey dokey, you got the job. Gotta run. ”
He just appointed this complete stranger to the leadership of the Department of Justice.
According to the NY Times ..the “FAILING” NY Times….
“Mr. Whitaker, who now oversees the investigation, has visited the Oval Office several times and is said to have an easy chemistry with the president, according to people familiar with the relationship.
“I don’t know Matt Whitaker,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he left Washington for a weekend trip to Paris. “Matt Whitaker is a very highly respected man.””
Appointing someone he does not even know. Hmmm. If it were true it just might be a step in the right direction.
The Old Liberal 
I wish you were right when you say that Congress would act. I have seen no evidence of that so far. Why would the GOP decide to act now?
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Not now, but when DJT becomes a liability in a majority of red districts, I have no doubt Congress will act. Remember, it was loss of support from Senate Republicans that caused RMN to resign.
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Whitaker cynically maneuvered to win the job–he appeared on news programs DJT was known to watch and spoke lines DJT wanted to hear. If his intent was to project DJT, he will fail. If he acts to do so, his staff, the public, and even Congress will revolt. Nor is Robert Muller helpless–if attacked, he can be expected to fight back.
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Whitaker’s example shows the way to a job in the Trump Administration–if you would like to be Chief of Staff, National Security Adviser, or Secretary of Defense, you will know what to do.
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