Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Made Nearly $1 Million At A Secretive Right-Leaning Nonprofit
Newly-appointed acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker was paid nearly a million dollars by a conservative political group that doesn’t reveal its donors. Financial disclosure forms reveal that he took $904,000, a majority of his income since 2016, from the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), Business Insider reports. The disclosure raises questions about potential conflicts of interest for Mr. Whitaker.
The tax-exempt FACT calls itself a nonpartisan government watchdog group, though its positions and actions have mostly been against Democratic leaders and the party. Whitaker worked as executive director of the group for four years and received a vast majority of his income from the group.
Ironically, the group says that its mission is to promote government ethics and transparency, but the group itself does not disclose the identity of its funding sources.
According to disclosures, Whitaker also received $15,000 from CNN, where he acted as a legal commentator and $103,000 from a law firm where he was a partner.
