New Acting AG will supervise Muller investigation...

Matthew Whitaker is the new acting Attorney General. Unless he decides otherwise, it will be his sworn duty to oversee the Mueller investigation. Given recent questions regarding Rosenstein's future within the DOJ, along with his own personal conflicts of interest in many areas of the Mueller investigation, there is no logical or ethical reason for Whitaker "not" to take over the oversight of the Mueller investigation.

Since the announcement regarding Sessions departure, Whitaker has been criticized by many on the left for holding the liberally unpopular general viewpoint that a Special Counsel should actually be constrained by the limits set forth within the Special Counsel law. By all accounts, he has been specifically critical of  the perception that the ever-expanding investigative reach of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is somehow warranted. To be clear, it's not.

Whitaker should recuse himself because he wants to follow the law

Now you have and will continue to hear the burning questions from the left as to who is going to "protect" the Robert Mueller investigation. But what, exactly, does he need protection from? Well, that is actually quite simple. The left would like him protected from the guidelines set forth by the laws of Special Counsel. These are guidelines that if followed would actually limit his probe, and require that it stay within the scope that was set forth by Rosenstein when he ordered it, unless specific new orders are provided.

As it stands, Robert Mueller has had pretty much free reign. Rosenstein is controlling Mueller in much the same way a 10 year old girl might control a 150 sled dog during an afternoon walk. Special Counsel attorneys have admitted in court documents and court statements that they are not necessarily following Special Counsel or Department of Justice guidelines. But they have continued to argue that not following guidelines is not technically breaking the law, and that not following guidelines does not protect those people (such as Paul Manafort) who have found themselves in the cross hairs.

I suspect that will change moving forward, and anyone who is willing to be intellectually honest would have to admit that it "should" change.

There are lots of questions to be answered if there is a change of who is supervising Mueller. Will Whitaker allow Mueller to continue his existing investigations into people like Roger Stone without oversight, will he allow them to continue with limitations, or will he shut them down completely. Will he allow Mueller to expand into any new areas, or will he demand that Mueller start winding things down. What sort of report will he seek from Mueller. Who will see the report. Will he allow Mueller to talk about it. Will he actually look into the relationship between Rosenstein and Mueller and determine which guidelines are being followed, which are being ignored, and if any actions might be necessary if rules (or laws) have been broken. Will Whitaker start turning over information to Congress that has been subpoenaed and stonewalled by Rosenstein and others?

The truth is that Mueller has gone pretty much rogue, without any real resistance from anyone within the DOJ, and with the tacit consent of Rosenstein himself. Whether you believe this was all done with good or bad intentions, there is a growing consensus that it will be coming to an abrupt end.