Epstein Secrets

mer Trump AG to Ask for Pardons; He Never Registered as a Lobbyist The Daily Beast (12/01, Sollenberg) reported that former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker left the Trump administration and almost immediately started asking for presidential pardons, without registering as a lobbyist, even though he was

ing clients hoping to secure patents for their inventions, many of which were outrageous and stood little chance of success. The article noted that Whitaker acted as an attack-dog attorney for the company, and had invoked his status as a former assistant U.S. attorney to lend the operation credibility. T

$400,000 by a conservative "dark money" group that had tapped him to lead its efforts to secure pardons and commutations. According to the article, Whitaker's former employer, World Patent Marketing, paid to settle a federal fraud suit in 2018. The Federal Trade Commission shuttered the business for scam

ple," says Mimi Rocah, a former chief of the office's organized crime unit. In February the Times reported that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any such conversation.

e Times reported that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any such conversation. But it's hard to imagine Trump won't try to intercede if the famously independent

ple," says Mimi Rocah, a former chief of the office's organized crime unit. In February the Times reported that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's EFTA00087084 work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any suc

d that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's EFTA00087084 work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any such conversation. But it's hard to imagine Trump won't try to intercede if the famously independent

ple," says Mimi Rocah, a former chief of the office's organized crime unit. In February the Times reported that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any such conversation.

e Times reported that Trump had asked Barr's predecessor, Matthew Whitaker, whether a perceived loyalist could be put in charge of the SDNY's work; Whitaker subsequently denied, under oath, having had any such conversation. But it's hard to imagine Trump won't try to intercede if the famously independent