Tag: Attorneys General

A coalition of oil and gas, and pipeline groups said President Trump's plan to slap a 25 percent tariff on steel imports could drive up the cost for oil and natural pipelines. Pipeline developers could then pass on higher prices to the oil and gas producers who use their lines. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Energy and Environment

New wave of Democratic attorneys general vow to fight Trump’s energy agenda

Josh Siegel · November 10, 2018 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice. Rosenstein is defending the prosecution of foreign agents who may never see the inside of a U.S. courtroom. He says the prosecutions of agents involved in efforts to sow dissent in the U.S. political system or in cyber-attacks serves as a deterrent even when they are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities.

Rod Rosenstein praises selection of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general

Daniel Chaitin · November 10, 2018 12:17 am

Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, pauses while speaking during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 19, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

Chris Christie as attorney general would incur permanent political costs

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 9, 2018 7:29 pm

Iowa Republican senatorial candidate former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker speaks during a live televised debate, Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Johnston, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Matthew Whitaker went straight from a sleazy scam company to acting attorney general

Erin Dunne · November 9, 2018 6:12 pm

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller listens on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing.

Court asks lawyers to explain how Mueller investigation changes after Sessions’ departure

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2018 5:17 pm

Then-Iowa Republican senatorial candidate Matt Whitaker looks on before a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

The best argument for the ineligibility of Trump’s acting AG comes from George Conway

Becket Adams · November 9, 2018 4:39 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Defunding the Mueller investigation would be bad for Trump. Here’s why

Erin Dunne · November 8, 2018 9:09 pm

Matt Whitaker speaks during a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

New acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker should recuse himself from the Russia investigation

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 8, 2018 8:49 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 photo, President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, center, accompanied by her husband, George, speaks with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Union Station in Washington, the day before Trump's inauguration.

Kellyanne Conway’s husband calls Trump’s appointment of acting attorney general unconstitutional

Caitlin Yilek · November 8, 2018 7:12 pm

"I intend to be governor until Jan. 18 of 2018," said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Chris Christie at White House amid reports he could replace Sessions

Kelly Cohen · November 8, 2018 6:10 pm

Jeff Sessions, U.S. attorney general, listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

Humiliating details of Trump’s firing of Sessions emerge

Naomi Lim · November 8, 2018 1:57 am

Then-Iowa Republican senatorial candidate Matt Whitaker looks on before a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa.

New acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker now overseeing Mueller investigation: 6 things to know

Kelly Cohen · November 7, 2018 11:03 pm