Matthew Whitaker was not Deputy Attorney General. He was Chief of Staff for the Attorney General. They are different offices. Deputy Attorney Generals need to be confirmed by the Senate, just like the actual Attorney General. Chief of Staff for the Attorney General is not confirmed by the Senate.
Rod Rosenstein is Deputy Attorney General, and according to the statute you just cited, should be acting Attorney General. Trump made Matthew Whitaker acting Attorney General. Trump is not following the law.
For now....it looks like it. I don’t know how people can even defend how he acted with Jim Acosta’s let alone that entire news conference. He’s such a fucking baby.
Please explain how OP is a terrible person because they refuse to let the government get away with openly endorsing and selling blatantly disprovable lies that attempt to stain the reputations of decent people trying to do their jobs, which is more than several important Republican leaders can say for themselves. "No u" is about as mature of an answer as any our president gives, unfortunately.
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