Whitaker gained fame as a football player at the University of Iowa. He earned a law degree from the same university and served as one of the state’s two U.S. attorneys in the Bush administration. He came to the attention of the Trump administration in 2017 as a commentator on television and radio who was critical of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 04, 2019 17:26 UTC