Matthew George Whitaker (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as the acting United States Attorney General from November 7, 2018, to February 14, 2019. He was appointed to that position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request.
Laura ShustermanMichael Cohen / Spouse (m. 1994)
Western Michigan University...Lawrence Woodmere AcademyAmerican UniversityMichael Cohen/Education
COHEN, 51, of NEW YORK, NEW YORK, pleaded guilty to five counts of willful tax evasion; one count of making false statements to a bank; one count of causing an unlawful campaign contribution; and one count of making an excessive campaign contribution.
About 52 years (1970)Laura Shusterman / Age
Wharton School of the Univer...1966–1968Fordham University1964–1966New York Military Academy1959–1964Kew‑Forest SchoolDonald Trump/Education
Cooley Law School is ranked No. 147-192 in Best Law Schools and No. 53-69 in Part-time Law. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
Criminal Defense LawyersHe's a self-described “trial lawyer representing clients with charges ranging from minor offenses to multimillion dollar federal conspiracy cases.” Previously, Findling served as president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and currently practices law out of his Atlanta-based boutique, Findling Law ...
Samantha Blake CohenJake Ross CohenMichael Cohen/Children
On February 26, 2019, he was officially disbarred by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. He reported to the federal prison near Otisville, New York, on May 6, 2019. On May 21, 2020, Cohen was released from prison early due to concerns regarding COVID-19, to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
56 years (August 25, 1966)Michael Cohen / Age
AVENATTI is currently serving a thirty-month sentence for extorting NIKE, Inc., imposed by Judge Paul G. Gardephe in United States v.
Former President Donald Trump not only called his acting attorney general every day at the end of last year to alert him to false voter fraud claims, as The Washington Post reported earlier this week, Trump explicitly pressured him to declare the 2020 election “corrupt” in a December phone call, according to documents published Friday by the House Oversight and Reform Committee that mark the most recent evidence of Trump’s extraordinary campaign to overturn the election’s results.
According to Donoghue’s notes, Trump didn’t explicitly say which congresspeople he suggested would help him, but mentioned at other points in the call Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pen n.) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), the latter of whom he praised for “getting to the bottom of things.”
The House committee—which is investigating the Trump administration’s potentially unlawful efforts to influence the outcome of the election—made public notes taken by former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen’s deputy, Richard Donoghue, during a Dec. 27 phone call between Trump and top officials from the Department of Justice.
Former President Donald Trump not only called his acting attorney general every day at the end of last year to alert him to false voter fraud claims, as The Washington Post reported earlier this week, Trump explicitly pressured him to declare the 2020 election “corrupt” in a December phone call, according to documents published Friday by the House Oversight and Reform Committee that mark the most recent evidence of Trump’s extraordinary campaign to overturn the election’s results.
According to Donoghue’s notes, Trump didn’t explicitly say which congresspeople he suggested would help him, but mentioned at other points in the call Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pen n.) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), the latter of whom he praised for “getting to the bottom of things.”
The House committee—which is investigating the Trump administration’s potentially unlawful efforts to influence the outcome of the election—made public notes taken by former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen’s deputy, Richard Donoghue, during a Dec. 27 phone call between Trump and top officials from the Department of Justice.