Editorial: Find a permanent replacement for Matthew Whitaker and do it fast
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Nov 20, 2018
3 minutes
Alarm bells understandably rang earlier this month when Matthew G. Whitaker, the chief of staff to fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, leapfrogged over more senior - and Senate-confirmed - Justice Department officials to become President Trump's acting attorney general.
It's hard to imagine a less reassuring replacement. As a commentator, Whitaker (a former U.S. attorney in Iowa) had questioned the investigation conducted by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III and even suggested that
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