Mr. Whitaker commits to cooperating with the Inspector General regarding investigations about him.
During the shutdown, there exists a memo about eliminating ancillary travel to balance the use of agents working and their assets. During that time Whitaker traveled to Capitol Hill and does not consider it ancillary to speak to the Heritage Foundation with his security detail. He doesn't consider that ancillary.
Rep. Stanton would like the work of "The Religous Liberty Task Force" to be forwarded to Congress.
...The task force (click here) will be spearheaded by Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy Beth Williams. The Advocate reports that in 2010, Panuccio, as an attorney, defended supporters of Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California for nearly five years. More specific details of the task force’s structure and organization have not yet been announced....
