Congressional Democrats on Thursday slammed the Justice Department’s “unacceptable” decision to ignore their questions about acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker for nearly a month.

Democrats on Nov. 11 asked the department to explain whether Whitaker will recuse himself from the special counsel’s investigation into Russia, and whether Whitaker has received any ethics guidance. But the department never wrote them back.

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