Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO, set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing.
FILE - Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker waves as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
Whitaker was elevated to acting attorney general in November 2018 — shortly after Republican losses in that year’s midterm elections — when Trump ousted then-Attorney GeneralWhitaker, who was Sessions’ chief of staff, served as acting attorney general for a pivotal three-month stretch as Mueller’s investigation was winding down. He got the role despite TrumpA close Trump loyalist, Whitaker had railed against the Mueller investigation prior to becoming attorney general.
More recently, Whitaker has been a relentless critic of the federal criminal cases against Trump, which appear set to evaporate after his Election Day win. Whitaker has used regular appearances on Fox News to join other Republicans in decrying what they contend is the politicization of the Justice Department over the past four years.Whitaker is a former U.S.
U.S. NATO ambassadors often have extensive experience in the military or national security. Trump’s first-term NATO ambassador, former Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, did not, although she had been involved in foreign-policy issues in Congress.
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