THE FIGHT TO 'PROTECT' THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: Eighteen U.S. state attorneys general signed a document Thursday calling for Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation, a role he assumed following his temporary appointment following the resignation of Jeff Sessions ... The document was released on Twitter by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who tweeted that Whitaker must “recuse himself immediately.” “Acting AG Whitaker’s hostility to the Special Counsel’s investigation disqualifies him from overseeing Robert Mueller,” Healey tweeted. “Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein must be allowed to protect the Special Counsel and insulate the investigation from interference by the White House. #ProtectMueller”
In addition to Healey, the document was signed by 17 other attorneys generals -- from New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, California, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, Washington state, Virginia, New Mexico and Maryland. As part of Whitaker’s new role as the head official at the Justice Department, he will oversee the Russia probe and the agency's other federal investigations, including the New York prosecutors' look into the finances of President Trump and his former aides. Critics are alarmed because Whitaker previously argued in an op-ed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation would be overreaching if it looked into Trump's finances and that its scope needed to be limited. - Reported by Elizabeth Zwirz
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