An ad put out by a group of conservatives takes aim at President Donald Trump's recent appointment of Matthew Whitaker to serve as the temporary head of the Department of Justice.
Whitaker's ascension to become the acting Attorney General "cannot be trusted" to oversee an important investigation involving Russia's meddling in our elections, the group Republicans for the Rule of Law said in a statement, per reporting from HuffPost.
"Having publicly and repeatedly prejudged [special counsel] Robert Mueller's investigation, Whitaker has given us...every reason to believe he will be guided by President Trump's interests rather than the country's," the group added.
The group released an ad last week demonstrating that Whitaker's comments on Mueller have implied he's ready to terminate the special counsel, possibly at Trump's behest. The ad demands that Whitaker recuse himself from overseeing the investigation due to his conflicts of interest based on past statements lambasting Mueller. If he doesn't, the ad encourages people to call their senators to demand they do something to protect the investigation.
The ad is aimed to a broad audience, but has targeted conservatives especially, having been aired on Fox News program "Fox and Friends," a favorite show that Trump himself has been known to watch.
