serve in this position. they note they are requesting documents from whitaker in his personal capacity, not official capacity at doj, they are investigating him personally. and that turns out to be just chapter one of the big fat book of problems that matt whitaker has now got since he got this big out of the blue promotion, well beyond the terms of his resume. there are already multiple lawsuits, including one brought by the state of maryland. questioning whether or not whitaker can actually legally hold this job. first there was the maryland lawsuit. then the next lawsuit to be filed, we think the second lawsuit against whitaker is from a texas businessman who was indicted by the federal government for what politico describes as an alleged "long standing conspiracy to secretly blend chicken feathers and bones to what pet food companies were told was higher grade chicken or turkey meal products." the material facts of the fraudulent pet food case aren't terribly important here unless