>”What do we know about Whitaker?”
He was a a great TE for Hayden Fry’s Iowa Hawkeyes back in the day. Started in 1991 Rose Bowl IIRC. Was often complemented by Fry for being a hard worker and wicked smart. IIRC he got his BA in 3 years while playing football, did an MBA at Iowa during his senior year, then went to law school at Iowa. Served as US Attorney after law school then left that to run, unsuccessfully, as GOP nominee for Treasurer of Iowa. Went into private law practice in Des Moines. Later ran unsuccessfully for US Senate, being beaten out in the primary by Joni Ernst. I’d lost track of him after that and was pleasantly surprised recently to learn he was Session’s Chief of Staff. I’d missed his (today much cited) opinion piece on Mueller. I’m not a lawyer nor an authority on his record as one, but I certainly don’t see him as a swamp dwelling creature of DC.