Did Trump know this when he picked him to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general?
This is why the Koch's paid Whitaker $1.2 million.
The New York Times dropped a major story Tuesday evening: “President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.” According to the Times, Donald McGahn II, the counsel, told Trump this would be an abuse of power and that Trump had no authority to launch such prosecutions. McGahn also had White House lawyers draft a memo for Trump warning that such a move could lead to impeachment.
Whitaker was the President of FACT, a nonprofit funded by the Koch’s #DonorsTrust. One of his jobs was to target and smear Hillary Clinton, so that, Trump and Republicans could win in 2016.
During a radio interview that Clinton ought to have been prosecuted. And he raised the prospect of Clinton being charged by a next administration, assuming it was not hers:
In another interview at that time, Whitaker said Clinton should have been prosecuted under the Espionage Act, and that it was necessary to charge her in order to preserve the rule of law.
Two months later, appearing on the Fox Business Channel as a pundit, Whitaker indicated he believed that if Trump won, his administration should reboot the Clinton email case.
In a May 2017 radio appearance, Whitaker essentially called for a special counsel to investigate Clinton
How much will Whitaker receive if he fires Mueller or ends the investigation into Trump’s Russia Collusion?