But before he was elevated to either position, Whitaker was involved with a sketchy company that marketed bizarre inventions—including a
For about three years, Whitaker served on the advisory board for World Patent Marketing, a company promoting inventions that was investigated, fined, and eventually shut down by the Federal Trade Commission.
Before his involvement with the company, Whitaker was a federal prosecutor in his home state of Iowa during the Bush administration. He returned to government work in 2017, when he served as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff before his resignation in November 2018.into Whitaker’s involvement with World Patent Marketing shortly after he was named acting attorney general.