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Yikes that Mattis resignation letter is troubling and ominous.

And I thought the day was already crazy back when it was "only" the FinCEN stuff, the shutdown being back on, the stock market cratering, and Whitaker.

Which hasn't been noted here yet, but DOJ Ethics Officials concluded that Whitaker should recuse from the Mueller investigation but Whitaker's advisors told him not to and so he hasn't. Made more crazy that the initial reporting from WaPo was that Whitaker was found to not need to recuse and had to issue a correction when the official who told them that retracted his account and another senior official told them what was up. Hell, WaPo's article link still reflects the "pre-correction" version.

That said, DOJ has also said that while Whitaker will now get briefings on Mueller's investigation (he hadn't previously) day-to-day stuff is being left to Rosenstein. But given both the history of the administration both in general and literally this story hard not to still be skeptical.
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