Title: Matthew Whitaker - Wikipedia
Headings: Matthew Whitaker
Matthew Whitaker
Contents
Early life, education, and college football career
Career
Private practice and business and political activities (1995–2004)
United States Attorney
Private practice and business and political activities (2009–2017)
World Patent Marketing
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust
CNN contributor
Trump administration
Department of Justice Chief of Staff
Acting Attorney General
Supervision of the Special Counsel investigation
Legality and constitutionality of the appointment
Legal challenges
Legal and policy views
Constitutional issues
Criticisms of 2017 Special Counsel investigation
Relationship with Donald Trump
Other policy issues
Electoral history
2002 Iowa State Treasurer
2014 U.S. Senator for Iowa
Writings
See also
References
External links

Content: In 2002, Whitaker was the candidate of the Republican Party for Treasurer of Iowa. From 2004 to 2009, he served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, where he was known for aggressively prosecuting drug traffickers. Whitaker ran in the 2014 Iowa Republican primary for the United States Senate. He later wrote opinion pieces and appeared on talk-radio shows and cable news as the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a conservative advocacy group. On December 7, 2018, Trump nominated William Barr for Attorney General. The legality of Whitaker's appointment as acting U.S. Attorney General was challenged in multiple lawsuits, and questioned by legal scholars, commentators, and politicians. On February 15, 2019, after Barr was sworn in on the previous day, Whitaker became a senior counselor in the Office of the Associate Attorney General; he resigned from the Justice Department on March 2, 2019. After leaving the Justice Department, Whitaker became a guest on news and analysis shows, and was affiliated with the law firm of Graves Garrett. In August 2019, he became a managing director at Axiom Strategies and Clout Public Affairs.