Whitaker abandoned taxpayer-funded project in Iowa in 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems.
That’s according to public records on the Des Moines project, which prompted the city to terminate an affordable housing loan Whitaker’s company had been awarded. Another lender began foreclosure proceedings after he defaulted on a separate loan for nea