Whitakers ability to lead the attorney general is unconstitutional. They say it has denied each plaintiff the opportunity to cast a binding vote on whether to consent to defendant whitaker serving as a principal officer. Senator plumblumenthal, whiteho and hirono are all part of the committee that appoints president ial nominees and whitaker skipped that process. The lawsuit lists multiple other problems with whitaker, including his public criticisms of the russia investigation. So lets start at the white house, with our correspondent there, kaitlan collins. And kaitlan, that the doj just last week issued a defense as to why they believe that whitakers appointment is valid. Is that the same defense that the white house is using today . Reporter it is the same defense. And thats what theyre arguing. And weve seen President Trump take his own route here by saying, well, Matt Whitakers not confirmed by the senate, but neither was the special counsel, Robert Mueller, even though, of course
Mexico’s president said Thursday forensic tests have confirmed that a body found in northern Mexico was that of a drug gang leader accused of murdering two Jesuit priests last year. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not say whether the tests involved a DNA match or fingerprints. The sister of accused killer José Noriel Portillo…
The sister of a drug gang leader accused of murdering two Jesuit priests last year has identified a body found shot to death in northern Mexico as her brother