Trump may not “bypass the constitutional and statutory requirements for appointing someone to that office,” the plaintiffs said in a draft filing obtained by The ...

Mr. Whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general in Mr. Trump’s first term. By Devlin Barrett and Chris Cameron President-elect Donald J. Trump’s momentary talk of unity on election night may ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matthew G. Whitaker, the nation’s new acting attorney general, repeatedly chided presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in public statements during 2016 while he was speaking for a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker as the United States ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "I am pleased to ...

WASHINGTON -- Many assume Matthew G. Whitaker was chosen as acting attorney general because he criticized the Russia probe, said he would have indicted Hillary Clinton and otherwise looks like a ...

The Senate confirmed former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as the U.S. ambassador to NATO. Whitaker’s approval ensures that a loyalist to President Donald Trump will serve as his de facto ...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday hailed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as a "superb" choice to fill the role even as Whitaker's past statements have prompted questions about ...