UPDATE: That's a wrap! We've got to get back to our reporting, but thanks for all of your questions!
I’m Eric Tucker and I cover the Justice Department for the AP. I’m Jeff Horwitz and I am an investigative reporter. We’ve been reporting on Robert Mueller’s investigation into how Russia tried to interfere in the US election last year, including any ties to Donald Trump’s campaign. AMA!
You can see some of our work here:
AP Exclusive: Before Trump job, Manafort worked to aid Putin: https://apnews.com/122ae0b5848345faa88108a03de40c5a
AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying: https://apnews.com/c01989a47ee5421593ba1b301ec07813
Trump urged by some to go on the attack against Mueller: https://apnews.com/8300b836369b470787d187f0a4b42d1b
First guilty plea, indictment of Trump aides in Russia probe: https://apnews.com/3d81ee54ef3e4c86a98fda87981cba44
Proof: https://twitter.com/JeffHorwitz/status/925141149614071809
Today Jeff Sessions resigned as US Attorney General after being requested to do so by President Trump.
Sessions had been recused from oversight of the probe currently being run by special counsel Robert S. Mueller into any links and/or coordination bet ween the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.
That had meant Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had been supervising that investigation.
Trump announced that instead of Rosenstein who is 2nd in command at DoJ he would name Matthew Whitaker, who was Sessions' Chief of Staff as acting Attorney General.
What is known about Whitaker's career and history, and any attitudes or positions taken related to the Mueller probe?
What power would Whitaker have to curtail or terminate the investigation?
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