WASHINGTON—Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is unlikely to recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, associates said, though it remains unclear how much of an impact he may have on that probe and other ones stemming from it. Mr. Whitaker publicly criticized the Mueller probe before arriving at the Justice Department last year as Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff. That prompted Democrats on Thursday to call for his recusal from oversight of the 18-month-old investigation,...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 08, 2018 17:58 UTC