As part of its responsibility (click here) to supervise lawyers and in the interest of promoting public confidence in the legal system, the Iowa Supreme Court has procedures for addressing complaints concerning alleged violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Matthew Whitaker needs to have his license reviewed, for many reasons. The deception regarding the DOJ Ethics review is only the beginning. There are people still aggrieved from his involvement in "World Patent Marketing." He was never reviewed by the Iowa ethics board for defrauding customers. The evidence is overwhelming he was involved and even threatened customers unhappy with the company. The entire fiasco of this company was facilitated by his identity as a lawyer.
My understanding of his continued standing as a lawyer was whitewashed once he joined the DOJ. That also is an issue which needs to be reviewed for corruption. He never should have been at the DOJ as a US Attorney or otherwise.
December 20, 2018
Acting attorney general Matt Whitaker (click here) has consulted with ethics officials at the Justice Department and they have advised him he does not need to recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, a source familiar with the process told CNN.
That is a blatant lie involving a very serious issue regarding the sovereignty and national security of the USA.
December 20, 2018
A senior Justice Department ethics official (click here) concluded acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker should recuse from overseeing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe examining President Trump, but advisers to Whitaker recommended the opposite and he has no plans to step aside, people familiar with the matter said.
Who were the advisers, Giuliani, the man with the poor memory? (click here)
Earlier Thursday, a different official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said ethics officials had advised Whitaker need not step aside, only to retract that description of events hours later.
The advice to stay away from the Mueller probe underscores the high stakes and deep distrust — within Congress and in some corners of the Justice Department — surrounding Whitaker’s appointment as the nation’s top law enforcement official until the Senate votes on the nomination of William P. Barr to take the job....
