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Whitaker Has No Plans to Recuse Himself From Mueller Probe: Report

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A DOJ ethics official said he should, but advisers told him not to, according to a new report.

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A senior Justice Department ethics official reportedly concluded that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker should recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion, but his advisers told him he should do the opposite.

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