Whitaker's appointment as the special counsel's boss 'neither alters the special counsel’s authority to represent the United States nor raises any jurisdictional issue.'

Senate Republicans hope replacing Matthew Whitaker will calm the firestorm over Trump’s attacks on the special counsel.

"And, um, you know, look, as far as I’m concerned this is an investigation that should have never been brought. It should have never been had."

And perhaps more important, the new revelations suggest Whitaker’s previous denials were misleading, at best.

Matthew Whitaker’s past allegedly involves a number of shady business ventures.

It’s just happening in slow motion.

“He’s obviously not going to recuse himself. He should recuse himself because he’s prejudged the issue”

The Justice Department would immediately appeal any such ruling, and the case could be on a fast track to the Supreme Court.

Trump’s interim pick for AG was part of an investigation that was covered in partisan fingerprints.

"I don't know Matt Whitaker," Trump told reporters on Friday as he left the White House for a trip to Paris.

Trump first noticed Matthew G. Whitaker on CNN in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw — a partisan defender who insisted there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

...they have until Nov. 19 to turn in briefs that sift through Wednesday’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the legal reaction it may have created.

...who added they do not believe he would approve any subpoena of President Trump as part of that investigation.

"So with deference and respect to what the president's trying to do - he has every right to have whoever he wants run the Justice Department - he has chosen someone who does not qualify under the law to be the acting attorney general,"

A stealthy way to kill the inquiry.