President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General may be illegal, Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for Fox News, said on Wednesday.
“Under the law, the person running the Department of Justice must have been approved by the United States Senate for some previous position. Even on an interim post,” Napolitano told Fox News’ Dana Perino.
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was dismissed on Wednesday and Napolitano said his interim replacement should have been Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
While Whitaker was confirmed by the Senate in 2004 when he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Napolitano said that he was nevertheless ineligible to serve in his current post as the confirmation was not “for a leadership position in the Justice Department.”
“Who has been confirmed and who’s next in line? Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein,” Napolitano added.
Basically Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein is who by law should be moved as acting AG in the event the AG is fired or leaves his position.. While Whitaker was illegally appointed by Trump with no confirmation.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0dbe871a69269
This would be the same as Removing Trump from office then saying.. No we don't want Pence we will put Hillary in charge instead.
Trump once again has broken our laws. Time to start forcing the issue since Republicans have no backbone to support our laws & Constitution.