likewise, as chief, i did not know mr. whitaker except primarily as he traveled with ag sessions, no social contact. he goes on to say mr. whitaker very highly thought of armrest very highly thought of by joanie efrns, senator chuck grassley, terry branstad, former iowa governor, leonard leo and many more. i feel certain he would make an outstanding acting attorney general. fast forward to other to another piece of news, from the new york times. goldman, sheer and smith report president trump first noticed matthew g. whitaker on cnn in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw. so that july the white house counsel don mcgahn ii interviewed mr. whitaker about joining the president s team as legal attack dog against the