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<mask>-<mask> (Salamanca, 27 November 1898 – Madrid, 13 September 1980) was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War. He served as Minister of War from May to December 1935. In the 1936 elections the CEDA was defeated, and support for Gil-Robles and his party evaporated. As Civil War approached, Gil-Robles was unwilling to struggle with Francisco Franco for power and in April 1937 he announced the dissolution of CEDA, and went into exile. Abroad, he negotiated with Spanish monarchists to try to arrive at a common strategy for taking power in Spain. In 1968 he was named a professor of the University of Oviedo and published his book No fue posible la paz ('Peace Was Not Possible'). He was a member of the International Tribunal at the Hague.After the death of Franco and the end of his regime, Gil-Robles became one of the leaders of the "Spanish Christian Democracy" party, which however failed to win support in the Spanish general elections in 1977. Biography

Early life
<mask> Gil-Robles was born in Salamanca on 27 November 1898. He was the son of Enrique Gil Robles, a conservative Spanish law scholar and a Carlist theorist, whose ancestors were hidalgos from León. Carlism was a traditionalist political movement in Spain whose goal was to establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty. <mask> Gil-Robles received his master's degree in 1919 and in 1922 he gained by examination the chair of political law in the University of La Laguna (Tenerife). Politics
During the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera he was secretary of the Catholic-Agrarian National Confederation and member of the Writing Council of El Debate. After the declaration of the Second Spanish Republic, he participated in and led the Acción Nacional (National Action) party, later renamed Acción Popular (Popular Action).In the elections of 1931 he was chosen as a deputy in the Cortes for Salamanca. During the period of the Republic, he maintained the posture of "accidentalism": whether Spain was a monarchy or republic was less important than the law's compatibility with religious principles. Leader of CEDA

Gil-Robles formed the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA), a conservative Catholic party, the political heir to Ángel Herrera Oria's Acción Popular and fought for the "affirmation and defence of the principles of Christian civilization". The CEDA won the largest number of seats in elections of November 1933, and  Gil-Robles was thus the head of the largest party in the Cortes. However, to avoid conflicts with leftist parties, President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora invested Alejandro Lerroux, leader of the Radical Republican Party, as prime minister instead of Gil-Robles. The appointment of three CEDA ministers to the cabinet in 1934 triggered the leftist Asturian miners' strike that rose, ultimately unsuccessfully, against the government of the Republic. Gil-Robles served as Minister of War under Lerroux from May to December 1935.1936 elections, defeat and uprising
During the February 1936 Spanish general election, the CEDA formed the largest part of the National Front coalition, which also included Alfonsine monarchists and Carlists. Gil-Robles campaigned under the slogan Todo el poder para el Jefe ("All the power to the Chief [i.e., Gil Robles]"), and while he himself was reelected to the Cortes, the conservative National Front narrowly lost the election, with power swinging to the left. The CEDA itself lost ground, winning 88 seats, fewer than the 115 they had won in 1933. Following the narrow victory of the leftist Popular Front and the defeat  of the CEDA, support for Gil-Robles and his party declined, losing both votes and membership to the Falange party, founded in 1934, whose share of the vote had been very small in the 1936 elections. Bitterly disillusioned with the failure of their jefe to win the election, the CEDA's youth group Juventudes de Acción Popular went over en masse to the Falange. In the following months and in the volatile situation that arose, Gil-Robles was well aware that a coup was being prepared against the government. Despite his later insistence that he had no part in the destruction of the Republic, the CEDA leader was kept informed of each stage of the plot; members of his party played important liaison roles, facilitating contact between military and civilian plotters.Gil-Robles himself authorized the transfer of 500,000 pesetas of CEDA electoral funds to General Emilio Mola's military insurgents. Civil War

With the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, following the uprising on 17 July 1936, Gil-Robles found himself unwilling or unable to struggle with Francisco Franco for power. Franco himself was determined not to have competing right-wing parties in Spain, and in April 1937 Gil-Robles announced the dissolution of CEDA. After the Civil War, Gil-Robles went into exile. Abroad, he negotiated with Spanish monarchists to try to arrive at a common strategy for taking power in Spain. Later life
In 1968 he was named a professor of the University of Oviedo and published his book No fue posible la paz ('Peace Was Not Possible'). He was a member of the International Tribunal at the Hague.After the death of Franco and the end of his regime, Gil-Robles became one of the leaders of the Spanish Christian Democracy party, which won little support in the Spanish general elections in 1977. Family

Gil-Robles' son, <mask> Gil-Robles, was born on 17 June 1935 in Madrid. Like his father, he entered politics, serving as a member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and as President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999. <mask>-Robles is a unique and controversial figure in the history of Spanish politics. The nature of his political beliefs during the Second Republic either greatly fluctuated or were tailored to his audience, as he is recorded as making many statements that appear contradictory. This is certainly reflected in the nature of his party, the CEDA, which attracted support from both moderate Catholic republicans  and avowed right-wing monarchists. Judgment of historians
The controversy surrounding him has been best articulated by the historians Paul Preston and Richard Robinson:
Preston believes that Gil-Robles was essentially a legalist fascist, whose policy of accidentalism would give way to legislating for a fascist dictatorship when he was confident that the populace was controllable.His evidence references Gil Robles' speeches, which were often filled with "anti-democratic and anti-Semitic innuendo", the oppressive, anti-reformist nature of his government partnership with Alejandro Lerroux's Radicals, and the frank admiration offered to foreign fascist regimes by both his propaganda and by his press organ, El Debate. Burnett Bolloten argues Robles was aware of the planned coup and July 1936, he turned over half a million peseta's from CEDA's funds to the generals. However, Bolloten does observe that his support was given in a rather reluctant manner, conditional upon the knowledge that CEDA was disintegrating by this time and he refused to go along with General Mola's request that Spanish right-wing parliamentarians convene at Burgos on 17 July to denounce the government as unlawful. Robinson, however, rejects any claim that Gil-Robles was anything but a consummate politician struggling to keep the unstable right under control and within the law. The CEDA was not a mere front for fascist aspirations but a party that was based on Catholic values, including a desire to pursue social Catholicism. Gil Robles himself certainly expressed pro-republican views; in an interview with the American journalist <mask> he said, "I am the only friend of the Republic" and was recorded as declaring that "a new dictatorship would produce, after a period of tranquillity, social revolution." Manuel Tardio and Ramon Arango argues that Gil Robles, despite possessing some authoritarian tendencies, did not advocate a dictatorship and neither he nor CEDA stepped beyond the limits of the constitution.Burnett Bolloten observes that Robles refused to seize power with the help of the military and monarchists after becoming war minister in May 1935, something for which they would never forgive him. After the Spanish Right's victory in the November 1933 elections, he maintained support for non-violence and wanted to use evolutionary rather than dictatorial means for achieving his vision of a corporative Spain, despite criticism from monarchists and his own party's youth section. References

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<mask> (born November 18, 1971) is the head coach of the University of South Florida women's basketball team, starting in 2000. <mask> was officially named head coach on Nov. 14, 2000, just seven months after arriving at USF as an assistant coach. He has led the Bulls to the six trips to the NCAA Tournament and nine WNIT appearances, which includes the 2009 WNIT title and a semifinal appearance in 2014. The Bulls have also advanced to the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament championship game in four of the past six seasons and have made at least the semifinal round during every season in the AAC. Named the 2018 and 2021 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, head coach <mask> has, over 20 seasons, coached the Bulls to grow into a perennial Top 25 program. Under his guidance, USF has transformed from a program with only five winning seasons to a regular in the NCAA Tournament. Season by season results
2019-20 * (Postseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)

In a basketball season unlike one that anyone has ever seen in collegiate athletics – one that will have an asterisk next to it moving forward – USF was still on the cusp of recording its seventh 20-win season in the last eight years, and advancing to its seventh-straight postseason tournament, before the COVID-19 Pandemic led to the cancellation of the remainder of the NCAA basketball season.In addition, the Bulls had to endure a second-consecutive year of season-ending and significant injuries, however, still recorded a 19-13 record and advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament for the seventh-consecutive year. After starting the season getting votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll, ultimately getting as high as No. 21 in the AP and No. 20 in the Coaches poll, USF posted signature non-conference wins over No. 15 Texas, 64-57, and VCU, 77-55, and trailed No. 2 Baylor by three with three minutes left before falling in the end. In addition, the Bulls had their fans on the edge of their seats, yet again, at home against No.5 UConn, leading the Huskies at the half and trailing by just five entering the fourth quarter before UConn pulled away in its final AAC appearance at the Yuengling Center. Elena Tsineke, the team’s leading scorer, was tabbed The American Freshman of the Year, in addition to being named to the All-Freshmen Team and Third Team All-Conference. Elisa Pinzan, the league leader in assists per game, was named Third Team All-Conference. 2018-19 (WNIT)

Decimated by season-ending injuries, USF still battled through its traditional daunting schedule and made its way back to the American Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals for the sixth-straight season. The Bulls, who entered the season ranked No. 22 in the nation, also extended their postseason appearance streak to eight as they advanced to the WNIT second round. The Green and Gold posted marquee nonconference wins over Ohio State, 71-47, on the road, Oklahoma, 87-70, UCLA, 60-56, and George Washington, 63-30, en route to a 9-2 start before the injuries took effect.The Bulls also nearly stunned No. 2 UConn, at the Yuengling Center on Senior Night, trailing the Huskies by one with just over six minutes to play, before UConn ended the game on a 9-0 run. Enna Pehadzic was tabbed a Second Team AAC All-Conference selection while Sydni Harvey was named to the All-Freshman Team. 2017-18 (NCAA Tournament)

USF reached its fourth straight American Athletic Conference Tournament championship game and made the Bulls’ fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance as <mask> was named The American’s Coach of the Year. Led by seniors Laia Flores and Maria Jespersen, who earned AP honorable-mention All-America honors, and junior guard Kitija Laksa, who joined Jespersen as a first-team all-conference selection. USF once again was ranked in the top 25 polls and completed the season with a 26-8 record. Among those wins was a trouncing of No.13 Ohio State, 84-65, in front of a raucous Yuengling Center crowd. 2016-17 (NCAA Tournament)

The Bulls entered 2016 ranked in the AP Poll for 22-consecutive weeks. USF reached 20-wins faster than any other team in program history. The team, made up of 10 underclassmen tied the most successful nonconference record prior to the start of The American action. For the second straight year, <mask> coached the league’s Freshman of the Year (Tamara Henshaw) and a unanimous conference first team selection (Kitija Laksa). On January 17, 2017, the all-time winningest coach in USF basketball history reached his 300th career win in front of a home crowd at the Yuengling Center. The Bulls returned to the American Athletic Conference championship game for the third straight season.2015-16 (NCAA Tournament)

The Bulls had a season to remember, returning to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years. USF ended the season in the top-25 for the second straight season. Along with coaching the program’s first All-American, <mask> lifted the team to new heights in 2015-16 and achieved the highest ranking in program history, No. 15 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches’ polls. USF made its 12th postseason run in 13 seasons and its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The graduating senior class left Tampa Bay as the first class to make three NCAA appearances, reach the postseason four times, and back-to-back trips to the American Athletic Conference Championship. <mask> coached the program’s first WBCA All-American, Courtney Williams, and the second-highest drafted Bull in USF Athletics history.Williams was selected No. 8 in the WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury. <mask> also guided Kitija Laksa to the program’s second conference Freshman of the Year honor. Laksa was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year after an amazing debut with the Bulls. 2014-15 (NCAA Tournament)

<mask> posted his and the program’s sixth 20-win season (and third consecutive). <mask> and the Bulls made history with two Top 25 rankings in the AP Poll en route to the best record in school history, 27-8. <mask> and the Bulls reached a conference championship for the first time in school history, grabbed the best NCAA Tournament seed in school history as a six seed, and hosted the first and second rounds for the first time in school history.<mask> coached an All-Region player for the third time in three years, and coached Courtney Williams to become one of the 12 Wade Trophy Finalists in the nation. 2013-14 (WNIT)

USF just missed the NCAA Tournament, losing to only Louisville and UConn in January, February and March before making a deep run in the WNIT Tournament. <mask> came one game shy of playing for his second WNIT Championship as the Bulls fell to Rutgers at home April 2 on the heels of an in-game injury to the Bulls’ point guard. The 23-13 season went down as a major success, setting the stage for the 2014-15 run. 2012-13 (NCAA Tournament)

The season helped USF turn a corner in the eyes of the nation. The Bulls made just their second NCAA Tournament appearance, earning a berth with 21 regular-season wins, including back-to-back wins over No. 12 Louisville on the road and No.21 Syracuse at home. The Bulls traveled to Texas Tech in the first round and defeated the Red Raiders 71-70 for their first ever NCAA Tournament victory, then lost to eventual Final Four team California in overtime, after a thrilling second-half comeback. <mask> was the only coach in the nation to play all four Final Four teams in 2012-13, defeating Louisville, losing to Notre Dame and California in overtime, and facing UConn in the regular season. Earlier in the year, <mask> picked up win No. 200 of his career when USF defeated Detroit, 74-60. Following the 2012-13 season, Andrea Smith was drafted by the Connecticut Sun, adding to the trail of post-college success <mask>’ players have enjoyed. 2011-12 (WNIT)

USF just missed the NCAA Tournament, as <mask> guided USF to 19 wins despite having no true home games as the Sun Dome underwent renovations.<mask>’ team advanced to the third round of the WNIT Tournament before falling to James Madison. 2010-11

USF finished the 2010-11 regular season with a 12-19 overall record and a 3-13 slate in conference play following its big 60-55 win over No. 17/19 Georgetown in Tampa. After the season concluded, USF broke ground on its state of the art practice facility, the Pam and Les Muma Basketball Center. 2009-10 (WNIT)

The Bulls advanced to their seventh consecutive postseason and posted a 15-16 record. 2008-09 (WNIT Champions)

The season was a season that would make people sit up and take notice, as <mask> guided the Bulls to their most successful campaign in its history. USF would register a school-record 27 wins while also finishing at least .500 (8-8) for the third time in the program’s four years in the BIG EAST Conference.The Bulls logged plenty of regular season highlights, including a second-place finish in the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. with wins over Iowa, in overtime, and Texas Tech. The only loss during the event would come at the hands of No. 3 ranked California. USF also defeated Rutgers on the road for the first time ever, and handed DePaul a crucial setback at the end of the season. After advancing to its sixth-consecutive postseason tournament, the Bulls would make school history going 5-0 in the WNIT en route to the title. After defeating Florida Gulf Coast in overtime and Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi at home, USF would embark on a three-game, 10-day road odyssey that would begin in western New York with an 80-66 win at St. Bonaventure, then an 82-65 victory at Boston College.The Bulls would then head west to the nation’s heartland where they would hand Kansas a 75-71 loss in the WNIT finals in front of a record crowd of 16,113 at historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse, capping the best season in the program’s history. 2007-08 (WNIT)

During the campaign, the Bulls posted a 16-16 record and advanced to their fifth consecutive postseason event facing Florida Gulf Coast in the WNIT. The year didn’t go without its share of thrilling nights as the “Green and Gold” knocked off No. 25 DePaul, 78-73, and defeated Syracuse in the BIG EAST Tournament first round, 68-67 in overtime, in what was looked at as one of the event’s most exciting games. The Orange had just dropped out of the Top 25 prior to its loss to the Bulls. 2006-07 (WNIT)

<mask> once again recorded several milestones in his and the program’s history. On Dec. 28, 2006 with a 77-62 win over Vermont in the first round of the Saint Joseph’s University Hawk Classic, <mask> became the women’s basketball team’s career leader in wins surpassing former Bulls’ head coach and former Charlotte Sting leader Trudi Lacey.Later in the year, he would reach a mark that had been a long time coming when he recorded his 100th career win in the Bulls’ final win of the season, a 66-49 win over Coppin State on March 19, 2007 in the second round of the WNIT. In addition, that appearance in the WNIT was the program’s fourth straight for USF, a first for either basketball program at the school. 2005-06 (NCAA Tournament)

The 2005-06 season was the season that the Miami native etched his and his program’s name in the history books at USF. Although they fell just short of the win total of the previous year, the Bulls recorded a memorable season that was capped off by the team advancing to its first-ever NCAA Tournament. USF was seeded ninth in the Bridgeport Region and faced No. 8 seed Southern Cal at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.

On their season-long road to “The Big Dance,” the Bulls defeated nationally ranked DePaul (79-77 OT) and Notre Dame (68-64 OT). When all the dust settled, USF boasted a 19-12 record and a 9-7 slate, which was good enough for a share of sixth place in its first year in the BIG EAST Conference.The team’s 2005-06 slate proved to be the toughest in school history. The Bulls faced eventual Final Four participants No. 7/8 North Carolina, No. 13/15 Michigan State, and No. 3/3 LSU all prior to their conference schedule, their first in the BIG EAST. 2004-05 (WNIT)

During the 2004-05 campaign, <mask> guided his program to heights never seen before at USF - at least for the time being. The Bulls recorded their best record in school history at the time (21-11) and set a new school mark for wins in a season and wins in conference play (9-5).The team also advanced to its second-consecutive postseason WNIT, which included the program’s first-ever victory with a win at home over Florida. 2003-04 (WNIT)

The Bulls recorded what was, then, the most successful season of his coaching career. The 33rd ranked class included freshmen Jessica Dickson, Nalini Miller and Rachael Sheats, along with junior college transfer Anedra Gilmore. That class also proved to pay dividends, and paid them quickly. Along with this core group of newcomers and veteran returnees, <mask> helped the Bulls advance to the postseason for the first time in school history when they faced Richmond in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). 2002-03

<mask> followed his original recruiting class with a group that was tabbed 40th in America as it entered the 2002-03 campaign. 2001-02

<mask>’s first Division I recruiting class - the 2001-02 class - was ranked No.36 in America by the All Star Girls Report, the highest ranked class in the history of the women’s basketball program. That class provided instant dividends for USF as the Bulls would open the 01-02 campaign 7-0 en route to their first winning season in four years (14-13) after posting a meager 4-24 ledger the previous year. In that seven-game stretch, the Bulls defeated in-state rival and then BIG EAST Conference member Miami before falling to Florida for their first loss of the year. 2000-01

<mask> was named head coach of the Bulls on Nov. 14, 2000, and despite a tough first season, <mask> began to lay the foundation for what would be the success of the current USF women’s basketball program. Prior to USF

<mask> got his start in coaching while working on his associate’s degree at Miami-Dade CC Kendall - where he earned his degree in 1991. <mask> served as a student assistant coach for the men’s basketball team and was immediately thrown into the fray with on-floor coaching, scouting, and most importantly, overseeing recruiting correspondence and getting his name out in front of coaches around the state. It was at Miami-Dade that <mask> met Cesar Odio, who not only saw his tremendous potential and hired him as a student assistant, but then promoted him to a full-time assistant coach upon his graduation in 1991.He would stay at Miami-Dade for one season (1991–92) before becoming the assistant boys’ basketball coach at Miami’s Sunset High School (1992–94). Following his two seasons at Sunset, <mask> and Odio would renew acquaintances when Odio was tabbed head men’s basketball coach at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla. (1994–96). <mask> came along as Odio’s top assistant and immediately established himself as a coach that had a sharp eye for talent and potential. During his brief two-year stay at Barry, <mask> helped the Buccaneers to consecutive winning seasons, after the program only produced just two in the first 10 years, and a combined 34-21 record. <mask> entered the world of girls’ basketball in 1996, when he secured his first head coaching job at Miami’s Lourdes Academy. During his three seasons at Lourdes, <mask> led the Bobcats to a stellar 83-16 (.838) record and a trip to the state 5A championship game in 1998 where they finished as the runner-up. In addition to his coaching responsibilities at Lourdes, <mask> established valuable roots among Florida and high school coaches from around the nation as director and founder of the successful Miami Suns AAU program.<mask> would then break into collegiate women’s basketball when he returned to Barry for his second of two tours of duty at the school. In his second stint, he served one year (1999-00) as the top assistant coach for the Buccaneers. Although it was just one season, <mask> helped Barry record the second-most wins in the program’s history as the Buccaneers posted a 22-8 record and the program’s second-best slate ever in the Sunshine State Conference at 10-4. The team’s 22 wins that season is still just one of three 20-wins campaigns for Barry since the women’s basketball team started competing during the 1988-89 season. After graduating from Miami-Dade Kendall, <mask> earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1994 from Florida International University. Along with his coaching duties at the beginning of his professional career, <mask> also taught physical education at Miami’s Coral Reef Senior High School, Southwest Senior High School and Hialeah Middle School. <mask> and his wife, Tonya, live in Tampa with their daughters, Sydnie, Alex, Taylor, Brianna and Brooke.Head Coaching Record

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American women's basketball coaches
Basketball coaches from Florida
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High school basketball coaches in the United States
Junior college men's basketball coaches in the United States
South Florida Bulls women's basketball coaches
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<mask> (born 26 March 1971) is a Jamaican professional snooker player. After three separate spells as a professional in the 1990s, interspersed with stints playing on the secondary Challenge Tour, <mask> spent 18 years on the main tour between 2001 and 2019, reaching his highest ranking, 32nd, in August 2011. He has reached the last 16 in ten ranking tournaments, and his most notable achievement came in 2015, when he won the minor-ranking Ruhr Open, beating Tian Pengfei 4–2 in the final. Having suffered relegation from the main tour at the end of the 2018-2019 season, <mask> spent the 2019-20 season playing on the World Seniors Tour and Challenge Tour; he regained his professional status in August 2020 at Q School. Career
After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001/2002 season. <mask> has reached the last 16 of eight ranking tournaments. The first of these was the 2005 Grand Prix although this victory against a noticeably ill Paul Hunter was bittersweet.His best results of 2004/2005 were 2 last-48 runs, the Welsh Open run including a victory over Shaun Murphy. He narrowly missed out on a place in the last 16 of the 2007 Grand Prix, losing on frame difference in his group to Barry Hawkins. He qualified for the 2008 UK Championship by beating Jimmy White and Dave Harold where he played Ronnie O'Sullivan. He slipped 6–0 down before launching an impressive comeback by winning five consecutive frames (including three successive centuries), but ultimately lost 9–6. Later in the season he defeated Ian McCulloch to qualify for the World Championship for the first time in 2009, becoming the first black player to have done so. He faced Mark King in the first round but despite putting in a resilient performance lost 10–6. However, his performances throughout the season saw him rise to his highest ranking yet of 39.In 2009 he won the Masters Qualifying Event, beating Andrew Higginson 6–1 in the final, to earn a place at the final stages of the 2010 Masters where he lost 6–2 to Mark Williams. He followed this up by qualifying for the UK Championship, being knocked out in the first round by Neil Robertson. <mask> qualified for the World Snooker Championship for the second time in 2011, and was drawn against seeded player Ricky Walden in the first round. In a minor upset, <mask> won the match 10–6 to set up a second-round match with world No. 1 John Higgins. After the match, Walden criticised <mask>'s slow style of play, though McLeod was playing only marginally slower than Walden. <mask> responded to the criticism by arguing that Walden was more responsible for the pace of the match.<mask> was ultimately defeated by the eventual champion John Higgins 13–7 in the second round. On 1 July 2011, respected Dutch referee Jan Verhaas stated on his Twitter page that <mask> had refused to shake the hand of female snooker referee Ivy Zhu after his victory over Robert Milkins in a qualifier for the Australian Goldfields Open. Verhaas' comment read: "<mask> refused to shake female ref Ivy Zhu's hand this morning because of his muslim beliefs. You may think what you like about it...". On 22 November 2014, after losing 4–0 to Judd Trump at the Ruhr Open, <mask> again refused to shake the hand of the female referee. 2011/2012 season
<mask> qualified for the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open, and beat Peter Ebdon in the first round 5 frames to 3, before going out to Shaun Murphy in the second round. <mask> qualified for the 2011 UK Championship by beating Barry Hawkins 6–2.He was drawn against three-time UK winner John Higgins and led 4–2 before the scoreline became 5–5. In the deciding frame Higgins "" two balls, one when escaping  and <mask> would ultimately lose the match 6–5. <mask> also reached the China Open where he played Higgins in the first round again and lost 1–5. He finished the season ranked world number 38. 2012/2013 season
<mask> qualified for the Australian Goldfields Open and the China Open during the 2012–13 season. In Australia he lost 4–5 in the first round to Stephen Lee and in China he had his best run of the season, beating Hu Hao 5–1 in the wildcard round, Matthew Stevens 5–2 in the first round, before losing 3–5 to Shaun Murphy in the last 16. <mask> played in all 10 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events, with his best finish coming at the fifth European Tour Event, where he was whitewashed 0–4 by John Higgins in the quarter-finals.He finished 36th on the PTC Order of Merit, outside of the top 26 who qualified for the Finals. <mask> ended the season by losing 9–10 to Sam Baird in the third round of World Championship Qualifying, to be placed at number 45 in the world rankings. 2013/2014 season
<mask> lost 5–3 to Mark King in the first round of the 2013 Wuxi Classic and 5–2 to Robert Milkins in the second round of the Australian Goldfields Open to start the 2013–14 season. He qualified for three other Chinese ranking events during the year, losing in the first round of the International Championship and China Open. At the World Open, <mask> came through a wildcard round match against Zhao Xintong and then narrowly beat Tom Ford 5–4, before world number one Neil Robertson knocked him out 5–1. 2014/2015 season
<mask> was beaten 5–4 by Michael Holt after having been 4–2 ahead in the first round of the 2014 Wuxi Classic. He defeated Lee Walker, Andrew Pagett and Ken Doherty on his way to qualifying for the Australian Goldfields Open and lost 5–2 to Judd Trump in the opening round.<mask> failed to qualify for the next two ranking events, before knocking out Ian Burns 6–2 and Zhang Anda 6–5 at the UK Championship. His second last 32 match of the season went into the early hours and it was Matthew Selt who ended <mask>'s tournament with a 6–4 win. <mask> met Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round of the Welsh Open after seeing off Andrew Pagett 4–2. He led 2–0, before O'Sullivan won four unanswered frames. The final ranking event <mask> could qualify for this year was the Indian Open where he lost 4–1 to Ricky Walden in the first round. <mask> kept a hold of his tour place at the end of the season as he was the world number 62, just inside the top 64 who remain. There was some controversy during the Welsh Open due to his Isis Business Solutions sponsorship badge.The logo worn by <mask> consisted of the word `ISIS' in large letters and a small-print URL underneath. Some viewers thought he was sponsored by, or demonstrating support for, the Islamic State. 2015/2016 season
<mask> began 2015–16 by playing in the Australian Goldfields Open, where he beat Nigel Bond 5–2 before losing 5–4 to Jack Lisowski in the last 64. He progressed to the last 16 at the next event, the Riga Open, overcoming German amateur Roman Dietzel 4–1, Irishman Fergal O'Brien 4–0 and Hammad Miah 4–2, but lost at this stage 4–2 to eventual finalist Tom Ford. He reached the last 48 at the Shanghai Masters, losing to Alan McManus, and was eliminated in the first round of the International Championship, 6–1 by Daniel Wells. However, at the Ruhr Open, <mask> defeated Craig Steadman, Jamie Jones, Mark King, Ben Woollaston, Mark Davis and the resurgent Mike Dunn to reach the final of an event carrying ranking points for the first time in his career, 24 years after making his professional debut. There, he faced China's Tian Pengfei, whom he defeated 4–2 to win his second professional title.The €25,000 winner's prize is the highest amount he has earned from a single tournament in his career. It also gained him entry to the Champion of Champions for the first time, but he was thrashed 4–0 by Neil Robertson in the opening round. After <mask> lost 6–5 to Jamie Cope in the UK Championship first round he said that he had not felt like the same person since his tournament win. Another first round deciding frame defeat came in the German Masters to Kyren Wilson and <mask> also lost in the second round of the Welsh Open 4–1 to Judd Trump. His debut appearance at the PTC Finals ended at the first hurdle as Dunn beat him 4–1. <mask> did reach the third round of the China Open by knocking out Mitchell Mann 5–0 and Dunn 5–2, but lost 5–1 to Alfie Burden. 2016/2017 season
<mask> lost in the last 32 of the Riga Masters and Indian Open 4–1 to Anthony McGill and 4–2 to Barry Hawkins.It took until the penultimate ranking event of the season to reach the same stage again when he beat Liang Wenbo 5–2 and Mike Dunn 5–3 at the China Open. He was defeated 5–3 by Hossein Vafaei in the last 16. A pair of 10–7 victories over Darryl Hill and Sydney Wilson moved <mask> one win away from qualifying for the World Championship and he took the first seven frames against Hammad Miah. Miah then rallied to be 7–6 down, but <mask> would win 10–7. At the Crucible he drew Judd Trump, a man who went into the tournament proclaiming that "I honestly believe I can play to a standard which is very rare nowadays," and that he was "the best" in the world. He won the first four frames, but <mask>, at 46 the oldest player in the event, responded brilliantly to take a 5–4 lead. <mask> went on to claim a famous 10–8 victory against a player ranked 52 places above him in the rankings and said it was the biggest win of his career.He lost 13–3 to Stephen Maguire in the second round with a session to spare and said the hype from his win over Trump had distracted him. 2018/2019 season
At the UK Championship in December 2018, an impressive stun shot won <mask> the BBC Shot of the Championship. After being on tour for 18 consecutive years, he dropped off the tour after failing to qualify through Q-School. 2020/2021 season
In August 2020 he returned to the pro tour after qualifying through Q-School. Personal life
<mask> is of Jamaican parentage. He was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, where he attended Victoria Junior School, Westfield Boys School and Sir Christopher Hatton School. He first played snooker seriously at the Embassy Club, Wellingborough, in his early teens, but was also a talented schoolboy footballer.Outside of snooker he has worked as a pub landlord and a barber. <mask>, who became Muslim in 2003, lives in Leicester. He also spent time living in Qatar, where he coached their national snooker team. Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 1

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<mask> at worldsnooker.com

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<mask>. (December 10, 1872 – June 22, 1955, birth name <mask>) was a pioneering American technology engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. His early innovations in large-capacity electrical switches, including the 1000lb. 287Kv disconnecting switch, were important in the  spread of electrification on the West Coast of the United States during the 1910s-1920s, and became essential to the New Deal's mass-scale rural electrification efforts in the 1930s. <mask> was an 1896 graduate of the engineering program at MIT in Boston, the region of the United States was the center of innovation in and promulgation of electrification, which was primarily oriented towards centralized urban office/industrial use. <mask>, however, was born and bred in the San Francisco bay area of California, and his mass electrification innovations were put into use in that geographically spread out region first, allowing for the building of an  electrical grid that would spawn a decentralized regional culture of technological innovation; a region eventually recognized as Silicon Valley. <mask> leveraged his many patents in business as the founder of San Francisco's Bowie Switch Company, located in the waterfront Dogpatch district. The Bowie Switch Company would directly supply and implement his large-capacity switches for the San Francisco metro area, Hoover Dam, and Grand Coulee Dam, among many others; and during World War II the company expanded in order to produce switches for the U.S. war effort.More a businessman and inventor than an academic, <mask>'s relative paucity of published writing outside electrical engineering journals (and his extensive legacy of patents) kept him largely unheralded outside electrical engineering circles following his death in 1955, despite his pivotal role in mass-scale electrification of the western United States and the bay area/Silicon Valley in particular. Early life and Family

<mask> <mask> was born in San Francisco, California, and generally referred to himself as <mask> <mask>. He was the grandson of Dr. <mask> <mask> (Oct. 23, 1815 – July 6, 1887),  a descendant of the  revolutionary period Scottish loyalist and Maryland plantation owner <mask>. Dr. <mask> came to San Francisco  in April 1849, lured by the booming economy of the California Gold Rush. An experienced orthopedic surgeon with the U.S. Navy as early as 1837, he set up a private practice in downtown San Francisco in 1851 and soon occupied a prominent place among San Francisco's arriviste elite. Named first surgeon at St. Mary's hospital in 1861 then Chair of Surgery in the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific in 1863, he was named to the then-new board of UC Regents in 1876. However, like his grandson <mask> III, Dr. <mask>'s lack of an academic publishing record kept him relatively under-recognized in historic terms.<mask> <mask> III's father, <mask> <mask> (1845–1917) was Dr. <mask>'s son, and was known as <mask> <mask>. (as his own son would be later). In 1863, <mask> <mask> II received the first Bachelor of Arts degree to be awarded by San Francisco's St. Ignatius College, then went to Europe, receovog  received a doctorate in engineering at Heidelberg University He returned to San Francisco with his German fiancée, Eliza Friedlander, and married her there in 1870. An experienced and widely published geologist, hydrologist, and mining engineer, <mask> wrote treatises on mining in the Sierra and irrigation in the Central Valley that are still found in print, including the seminal ''A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California'' (pub. 1885, i online at internet archive). <mask> II and Eliza Friedlander's's eldest son was <mask> <mask> (born in San Francisco in 1872),. Education

Like his father, <mask> <mask> III studied at Saint Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco), following which he went east and entered Harvard College, graduating with honors and an A.B. in Mathematics in 1893.<mask>'s coming of age and intellectual interests coincided with the biggest technological shift of the early 20th century – electrification. The locus of innovation in and promulgation of electrification in the United States was in the northeast, where the major players of this tech revolution were Joseph Swan, Thomas A. Edison, Nikola Tesla, and numerous others. After Harvard, <mask> developed a strong interest in electrification and  stayed in the Northeast,  to pursue an S.B. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering MIT. in 1896 he got. In his ensuing engineering and business career, <mask> would generally identify himself by the same title as his father, <mask> <mask>. This was the name under which he would also patent his  inventions and eventually establish his business.Early Career and Patents

At some point following his graduation from MIT in 1896, A.J<mask> III returned to California and took up residence in Sacramento, where he found work as an engineer with the Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railroad Company. <mask> was back in San Francisco by early 1906, where he filed his first patent application: a sophisticated electrical switch that would cleanly create a break in an electrical circuit, dramatically reducing the risk of damage to the electrical apparatus and/or the potential electrocution of the user. Only rudimentary means for such technology had existed up until this time. Between this start in 1906 and the 1920s, <mask> was busy inventing and patenting products that helped lay the groundwork for this wider-scale electrification, the majority of which were new designs that vastly improved the safety, efficiency, and capacity of electrical current transmission. Among the most important of these patents are:

US 1110374 A: Filed 23 Jan. 1906, pub. 15 Sept. 1914, Electrical Switch.US 982789 A: Filed 18 Apr. 1907, pub. 31 Jan. 1911, Electromagnetic Power Transmitting Mechanism. Power transmission mechanism comprising a positively driven primary element mounted on a rotatable main shaft, and a sec ondary element mounted on a rotatable counter-shaft, out of alignment with the main shaft and driven therefrom, said primary and secondary elements forming an electromagnetic inductive system involving a magnet having an air gap, and an energizing coil for said magnet, and an electric conductor interposed in said air gap. --Journal of Electricity, Power, and Gas, Jan-June 1911

US 1230372 A: Filed 9 Dec. 1909, pub. 19 Jun. 1917, Electric Switch.US 1168595 A: Filed 26 Feb. 1910, pub. 18 Jan 1916, Lightning-Arrester. US 1287851 A: Filed 12 Mar. 1914, pub. 17 Dec 1918, Electric-energy converter and meter. Bowie Switch Company and Electrification

While George Roe's California Electric Light Company had commenced electrification operations in San Francisco in 1879, with a capacity to light 21 lights, San Francisco did not realize a significant, widely available electrical capacity until over four decades later; partially as a result of the infrastructural devastation wrought by the earthquake of 1906. Demand for electricity, however, continued to grow exponentially.In 1920, the California Electric Light Company hosted hundreds of people (who were lined up around the block) in a showcase of the first all-electric model home, replete with dozens of new appliances that required electricity to function – electricity that was still not available in many parts of California, particularly rural areas and outlying suburbs. With the patents he created in the first two decades of the twentieth century, <mask> III was poised to leverage the market potential of demand for electricity as electrification took full force. His eponymously named Bowie Switch Company had been successfully marketing his inventions since at least 1913 and operated a facility at 18th and Folsom Streets in San Francisco, and in 1926 the company moved to a newly built factory at 815 Tennessee Street in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. The Bowie Switch Company building, a brick-faced classic revival style structure in the utilitarian tradition, was designed by noted Swedish architect August J. Nordin, designer of the historic landmark Swedish American Hall on upper Market Street. Built to integrate production with the newly emergent long-haul trucking industry, the Bowie Switch Company building was well-positioned to distribute its products to locales both local and national, including in rural areas that were not serviced by existing rail transport networks. This broad distributive capacity, combined with rapidly increasing demand for electrification, would prove to be instrumental in positioning the Bowie Switch Company squarely in the center of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration's efforts in the Rural Electrification Act and related major public works in the American West during the 1930s, including designing switches for the unprecedented amount of hydropower being generated by the newly built Boulder and Grand Coulee Dams

WPA Hydropower Projects (Boulder and Grand Coulee dams)

Electrification in the United States' urban centers became standard during the 1920s and early 1930s, while rural and suburban electrification remained largely unrealized. This was in part due to U.S. political dynamics that discouraged the use of public funds for major infrastructure projects in favor of private development, and as rural electrification was yet to be proven a profitable endeavor private enterprise ventures were unconvinced of its viability.However, while the Great Depression was in full swing, the early 1930s saw the initiation of new, publicly funded programs under President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support electrification in rural America where there was both great need and great poverty. This activity culminated in a new WPA program, the Rural Electrification Act of 1935, which extended the electrification wave beyond urban centers and across the continental United States. The major infrastructural expansion of electrical capacity from these programs increased demand for <mask>'s products, and placed his company into an important position as a government contractor. As the 1930s began, low-voltage (2300 volt) electrical distribution systems were the standard, and they could only carry electricity about four miles before voltage drop rendered the remaining current useless for standard domestic applications. To increase the viability of high-voltage current carriage to rural and suburban areas (including outlying regions of Bowie's Bay Area home such as San Jose, Gilroy, Mountain View, Martinez, etc. ), innovative (and often expensive) higher-voltage systems were needed to handle capacity for lines that would carry power over 40 miles from a station. For these new high-voltage systems, as well as centralized hydropower projects that generated unprecedented amounts of electrical current, the potential for injuries, explosions, and destruction of equipment was very high, so new high-capacity switches were required to be able to manage the power effectively and safely – the Bowie Switch Company was a locus for innovation and implementation of these switches, and the company kept very busy during the 1930s.One of Bowie's greatest achievements during this period were the innovative 287,000 volt (287kv) disconnecting switches, which at the time and for many years thereafter were by far the world's largest (in mass and capacity) and weighed over 1000 pounds each. These switches were designed for the enormous quantity of power generated by Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam, and were the only way to safely regulate the flow of electricity from the harsh environmental surroundings of their generation sites through power lines that had the capacity to carry electricity over 250 miles to urban, rural, and newly developing suburban areas. World War II and Post-War

When the U.S. entered into World War II in 1941, the war effort further increased the demand for Bowie's products in both military and civilian capacities, particularly for the high voltage and safety controls (disconnecting switches) needed in the industrial-scale production of military goods, vehicles, weapons, and ships. In 1942 the Bowie Switch Co. added an assembly facility to the east, increasing the company's ability to manufacture goods at the scale and speed required by the military. On August 19, 1944, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9466, which directed the Secretary of the Navy "to take possession of and operate the plants and facilities of certain machine shop companies" in San Francisco, one of the 99 temporarily nationalized industries was the Bowie Switch Company of San Francisco. While the managerial structure and employees of the Bowie Switch Company remained intact during this time, the company exclusively produced products to aid the war effort. Soon after the war's conclusion in 1945, the Bowie Switch Company (along with other temporarily nationalized industries) was brought back to full private control under A.J.<mask> (A.J. Bowie III). However, by the end of the year Bowie sold Bowie Switch Company to the A.B. Chance Company of Moberly, Missouri; a sale which had been pending since 1941. At the time of sale in December 1945, the Bowie Switch Company employed approximately 70–100 people, and after the sale Bowie was kept on as a consulting engineer. World War II turned out to have been the apogee of the Bowie Switch Company, but under the ownership of A.B. Chance, it continued to produce electrical products until 1960 before ceasing operations.Legacy
<mask> <mask>. (AKA <mask> <mask>) was one of the San Francisco Bay Area's earliest technology pioneers, and his invention, marketing, and production of groundbreaking disconnecting switch technology was a key component in the spread of electrification outside city centers on the American west coast. The early development of this capacity would prove to have a lasting impact in the rural areas of the state and the sprawling, decentralized DIY technology laboratory of the bay area suburbs that would eventually become known as Silicon Valley – a metaphorically appropriate outcome, given that the binary code underlying all digital technology is based on a series of switches. As noted earlier, <mask> was highly regarded and very influential in electrical engineering circles and was sought-after by planners as a top-flight engineer, but he was much more a businessman than an academic and was little-known outside his profession due to a relative lack of published materials (besides several articles in electrical engineering journals and his numerous patents). In 1913, <mask> married his close friend Esther Donnelly (who already had a six-year-old child); however, the couple had no children of their own and divorced in 1918. <mask> Jr. (III) never remarried, and died on June 22, 1955, in Children's Hospital San Francisco at the age of 82. He is buried in Colma, California. References

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<mask> (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as the acting United States Attorney General from November 7, 2018, to February 14, 2019. He was appointed to that position by President Donald Trump after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request. Whitaker had previously served as Chief of Staff to Sessions from October 2017 to November 2018. While attending the University of Iowa, Whitaker played tight end for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team, including in the 1991 Rose Bowl. In 2002, <mask> was the candidate of the Republican Party for Treasurer of Iowa. From 2004 to 2009, he served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, where he was known for aggressively prosecuting drug traffickers. <mask> ran in the 2014 Iowa Republican primary for the United States Senate.He later wrote opinion pieces and appeared on talk-radio shows and cable news as the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a conservative advocacy group. On December 7, 2018, Trump nominated William Barr for Attorney General. The legality of <mask>'s appointment as acting U.S. Attorney General was challenged in multiple lawsuits, and questioned by legal scholars, commentators, and politicians. On February 15, 2019, after Barr was sworn in on the previous day, <mask> became a senior counselor in the Office of the Associate Attorney General; he resigned from the Justice Department on March 2, 2019. After leaving the Justice Department, <mask> became a guest on news and analysis shows, and was affiliated with the law firm of Graves Garrett. In August 2019, he became a managing director at Axiom Strategies and Clout Public Affairs. Early life, education, and college football career
<mask> <mask> was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 29, 1969.He graduated from Ankeny High School, where he was a football star. He was inducted into the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame in 2009. <mask> attended the University of Iowa, receiving a bachelor's degree in communications in 1991 and Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees in 1995. As an undergraduate between 1990 and 1992, <mask> was the backup tight end for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team under coach Hayden Fry, including the 1991 Rose Bowl the Hawkeyes lost to the Washington Huskies. Whitaker played in 33 games, including two bowl games, and made 21 receptions for a total of 203 yards, scoring two touchdowns. In 1993, he received the Big Ten Medal of Honor for proficiency in scholarship and athletics awarded each year to one male and one female student-athlete at each Big Ten Conference school. Whitaker graduated from college in three-and-a-half years, and played his last season of football while attending law school.Throughout his career, <mask> had stated that he was an Academic All-American in college. A December 2018 investigation by the Wall Street Journal found that he was not. He was sponsor GTE's 1992 GTE District VII Academic All-District selection; an Iowa football guide erroneously referred to the honor as GTE District VII Academic All-American. A spokeswoman for College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) said CoSIDA was less formally organized in the 1990s and "We know that people over time use terms interchangeably and innocently." Career
After graduating from law school, <mask> lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1995 to 2001, before moving back to Iowa. Private practice and business and political activities (1995–2004)
<mask> worked for a number of regional law firms, including Briggs & Morgan (Minneapolis) and Finley Alt Smith (Des Moines), and he was corporate counsel for national grocery store chain SuperValu in Minneapolis. He also owned or co-owned a trailer manufacturing company from 2002 to 2005 and a day-care center from 2003 to 2015.In 2003, <mask> and a partner co-founded Buy the Yard Concrete, based at <mask>'s home in Urbandale, Iowa. In 2005, the company and Whitaker were sued in Nevada for $12,000 in unpaid rental fees for supplies and equipment related to a concrete project in Las Vegas. The lawsuit was settled out of court. <mask> ran as a Republican for Treasurer of Iowa in 2002, losing to incumbent Democrat Michael Fitzgerald by 55% to 43%. United States Attorney

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley recommended <mask> as one of three attorneys suggested to President George W. Bush for the position of United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. In February 2004, Bush nominated <mask> to the position,  despite assertions that Whitaker lacked relevant legal experience. Senate Democrats objecting to Bush nominees held up the nomination for four months before <mask> was confirmed on June 15, 2004.In his first year in office, <mask> issued a record 500 indictments, more than half of which were drug prosecutions, mainly related to trafficking of methamphetamine. In July 2005, <mask> joined neighboring U.S. Attorneys Michael Heavican and Charles Larson Sr. in issuing a warning that persons crossing state lines to obtain pseudoephedrine, a methamphetamine ingredient, could be prosecuted in federal court. As U.S. Attorney, Whitaker sought stringent sentences for individuals charged with drug crimes. One case involved a woman who had two prior nonviolent drug convictions and was informed by <mask>'s office that, as a third-time offender, her sentence could be enhanced to a mandatory life sentence unless she agreed to a plea deal of 21 to 27 years in prison. She agreed to the plea bargain. Federal Judge Robert W. Pratt said in 2016 that the prosecutors in the case had misused their authority, forcing him to impose a sentence "'disproportionate' to her crime," and urged President Obama to grant clemency.Obama commuted her sentence, after she had served 11 years in prison. Whitaker also served on the regional anti-terrorism task force, which examined both international and domestic threats, and focused on prosecuting child pornography and violent crimes against children. From 2005 to 2007, <mask>'s office, together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, investigated and unsuccessfully prosecuted Iowa State Sen. Matt McCoy on charges of attempting to extort $2,000 in envelopes of cash. A columnist for The Des Moines Register said that the case "... was based on the word of a man former associates depicted as a drug user, a deadbeat and an abuser of women; a man so shady even his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsors called him 'a pathological liar.'" The jury reached a verdict of "not guilty" within two hours. In 2007, <mask> also led the investigation of four executives of the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium (CIETC), a Des Moines-based job training agency, who were accused of collectively stealing more than two million dollars from the agency over a three-year period. The alleged ringleader, CIETC CEO Ramona Cunningham, plead guilty on June 30, 2008.<mask> resigned in November 2009 following the Senate confirmation of his replacement, Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, who was nominated by President Obama. Private practice and business and political activities (2009–2017)
From 2009 to 2017, <mask>ker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP (later Hagenow & Gustoff LLP) in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2011, <mask> applied for an appointment to the Iowa Supreme Court but was not among the finalists whose names were submitted to the governor for selection for one of the three open seats. In 2011, he co-founded Whitaker Strategy Group, a lobbying and consulting firm. In 2012, <mask> and two partners invested, under a venture named MEM Investment, in the purchase and development of an affordable-housing apartment building in Des Moines. In 2014, <mask>'s partners left this partnership, and by spring of 2016, the company was unable to complete the renovations on time, and the city terminated the loan agreement. The building was then sold and completed by another contractor.<mask> was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa. He came in fourth in the Republican primary, with 11,909 votes (7.54%). <mask> then chaired the campaign of Sam Clovis, another unsuccessful primary candidate who had been selected to run for Iowa State Treasurer. Clovis lost in the November 2014 general election. World Patent Marketing

From 2014 to 2017, <mask> served on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing (WPM), a Florida-based company billed as an invention promotion firm. According to an FBI investigation, the advisory board members never met. In a 2014 statement <mask> publicly vouched for WPM, claiming they went "beyond making statements about doing business 'ethically' and translate[d] those words into action".The company contributed to <mask>'s 2014 U.S. Senate campaign, and over the three-year period from 2014 and 2017 paid <mask> less than $17,000 for work performed. Some customers accused the company of using <mask>'s background as a U.S. Attorney to threaten them. In one 2015 email mentioning his background as a former federal prosecutor, <mask> told a customer that filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau or "smearing" the company online could result in "serious civil and criminal consequences". The owner of Ripoff Report told The Wall Street Journal that <mask> had called him in 2015 demanding his website take down negative reports about WPM, alleging, "He threatened to ruin my business if I didn't remove the reports. He [said he] would have the government shut me down under some homeland security law". The company was later determined to have engaged in deceptive practices. In 2017, FTC investigators examined whether <mask> had played any role in making threats of legal action to silence the company's critics.<mask> rebuffed an FTC subpoena for records in October 2017, shortly after he had joined the Department of Justice. After <mask>'s appointment in the Department of Justice in September 2017, White House and senior Justice Department officials were reportedly surprised to learn of <mask>'s connection to the company. A spokesperson for <mask> said that he was not aware of the company's fraud, and the court receiver in the case, Jonathan Perlman, stated he had "no reason to believe that [<mask>] knew of any of the wrongdoing." Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust
From October 2014 to September 2017, <mask> was the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT); he was the organization's only full-time employee in 2015 and 2016. FACT, founded in late 2014, is a conservative nonprofit organization specializing in legal and ethical issues related to politics. The group was backed by $1 million in seed money from conservative donors, whom Whitaker declined to identify to the media. According to the organization's first tax return, its funding — $600,000 in 2014 — came from a conservative donor-advised fund called Donors Trust, a pass-through vehicle that allows donors to remain anonymous.From its creation in 2014 through 2018, FACT reported contributions of $3.5 million on its tax filings; as a 501(c)(3) organization, it did not disclose its donors. The group's largest single expense was <mask>'s salary; <mask> collected $1.2 million from the group over four years, making it the overwhelming source of his income from 2016 onward. While <mask> was the head of FACT, the organization had a special focus on the Hillary Clinton email controversy and perceived favoritism in the business dealings of Clinton. Despite claiming to be nonpartisan, the organization called for ethics investigations into or filed complaints for more than 40 different Democratic politicians, officials, and organizations, compared to only a few Republicans. FACT was characterized by CNN reporter Drew Griffin as using "the legal system as a political weapon", and it was reported that an unnamed source described as a "GOP operative" had characterized the organization as a "chop shop of fake ethics complaints". During his time at FACT, <mask> wrote opinion pieces that appeared in USA Today and the Washington Examiner, and he appeared regularly on conservative talk-radio shows and cable news. CNN contributor
For four months, from June to September 2017, <mask> was a CNN contributor.One month prior to joining the Justice Department, he wrote an opinion column for CNN titled "Mueller's Investigation of Trump is Going Too Far". He retweeted a link to an article that stated that Mueller's investigation was a "lynch mob", that it should be limited, and that it should not probe into Trump's finances. Trump administration

Department of Justice Chief of Staff
On September 22, 2017, a Justice Department official announced that Sessions was appointing <mask> to replace Jody Hunt as his chief of staff. George J. Terwilliger III, a former U.S. attorney and deputy attorney general, said in his role as chief of staff, Whitaker would have dealt daily with making "substantive choices about what is important to bring to the AG". As Chief of Staff, <mask> discussed with and transmitted to U.S. Attorney for Utah John W. Huber a letter from Sessions regarding investigating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Trump's request. While the Justice Department denied the letter existed in response to a FOIA request filed by watchdog group American Oversight, it later retracted the denial and made public an email from Whitaker to Huber about the investigation and attaching Sessions' letter. Acting Attorney General
With the resignation of Sessions on November 7, 2018, <mask> was appointed to serve as Acting Attorney General under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.In that position, he directly supervised Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation, which had previously been supervised by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in his role as Acting Attorney General, due to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In January 2019, <mask> along with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray announced 23 criminal charges against Chinese technology giant Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou, including financial fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of trade secret technology, providing bonuses to workers who stole confidential information from companies around the world, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and sanctions violations. In late 2018, he rejected a request from U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman to file criminal charges against Halkbank, the largest state-owned bank

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 in Turkey, for an alleged multi-billion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran. On December 18, 2018, <mask> signed the regulation that reclassified bump stocks as machine guns, rendering them illegal to possess under federal law. The four members of Trump's Federal Commission on School Safety were appointed in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, with <mask> replacing Sessions in November 2018. The commission's report issued in December 2018, called for improved mental health services, recommended that school systems consider arming teachers and other personnel; and advised against increasing the minimum age required for firearm purchases. One of the more controversial elements of the commission's report was a call to rescind a 2014 Education Department guidance document meant to reduce racial disparities in school discipline, and a criticism of the legal concept of disparate impact.The report called for improvements to mental health services, but did not propose federal funding or policy changes to deal with gaps in the mental health care system. The report did not recommend tighter laws to restrict access to guns, prompting criticism from the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Whitaker also initiated implementation of the First Step Act. Supervision of the Special Counsel investigation
In 2017, <mask> had repeatedly criticized the Mueller investigation on television and on social media and stated that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Justice Department ethics officials advised Whitaker that there was no financial, personal, or political conflict that would require him to recuse himself from supervision of the Russia investigation. They also said that it was a "close call" and his decision, but in their opinion he "should recuse himself because 'a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts' would question his impartiality due to the statements he had made to the press." Whitaker decided not to recuse himself, not wanting to be the first attorney general "who had recused [himself] based on statements in the news media."Democrats poised to assume chairmanships of key House committees in January 2019 warned the Justice Department and other departments to preserve records relating to the Mueller investigation and Sessions' firing. Republicans Senator Susan Collins, Senator Jeff Flake, and Senator-elect Mitt Romney, also issued statements insisting that Mueller's investigation must remain free from interference. In February 2019, <mask> testified before Congress that he had not interfered in any way in the special counsel investigation, and in July 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller confirmed in his own testimony before Congress that there was no interference with the investigation. Legality and constitutionality of the appointment
In a 2018 opinion, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) said that the appointment was constitutional due to its temporary nature. The OLC noted that an assistant attorney general who was not confirmed by the Senate had been appointed as acting Attorney General in 1866, and that other individuals not confirmed by the Senate had served as principal officers in an acting capacity more than 160 times between 1809 and 1860, and at least nine times during the Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations. A number of prominent legal experts, scholars, and former prosecutors and Department of Justice officials offered varying opinions over the legality and constitutionality of <mask>'s appointment. Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at University of Texas, argued that the appointment was permissible under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the 1898 case of United States v. Eaton, because it was temporary and because Sessions formally resigned.Lawyers Neal Katyal and George T. Conway III argued in a New York Times op-ed that the appointment was unconstitutional under the Appointments Clause, as the position of Attorney General is a "principal" one requiring Senate confirmation. Law professor John Yoo from Berkeley, who served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush administration, argued that the Appointments Clause renders the Federal Vacancies Reform Act unconstitutional and that <mask>'s appointment was in violation of that clause. John E. Bies, who served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the OLC in the Obama Administration, wrote that the legality and constitutionality of <mask>'s appointment was an open question. Bies also pointed out that it was a difficult argument to make that Sessions was fired instead of resigning since a court would probably not "look past an official's formal statement that they resigned". Legal challenges
There were at least nine unsuccessful legal challenges to <mask>'s appointment. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, representing the State of Maryland, filed for an injunction against <mask>'s appointment. Maryland had previously filed a suit against then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding his inability to defend the Affordable Care Act in court as part of a broader hostility against the Obama-era law from the Trump administration.Maryland was expected to test the argument in court that <mask> was unlawfully named acting Attorney General, and thus had no standing in the court or authority to respond to their lawsuit. Maryland argued that <mask>'s appointment violated the Constitution, which requires that principal officers of the United States be appointed "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate". Because <mask> was not serving in a Senate-confirmed position when he was appointed, the state argued that the role of acting Attorney General rightfully belonged to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander dismissed the case in February 2019. Two other federal district courts issued rulings holding that <mask> had been properly appointed to the position. Three Democratic senators — Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Mazie Hirono — filed suit on November 18, 2018, in the D.C. Circuit Court, saying the President violated the Constitution and denied the Senate its right to approve the nomination.Lawyers for Doug Haning, a former agricultural products executive, filed a motion on November 13, 2018, asking a federal court in St. Louis to rule that <mask>'s appointment as acting Attorney General was illegal and thus he had no standing to hear the case. South Texas College of Law professor Josh Blackman predicted a flood of similar motions. Attorney Tom Goldstein filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court on November 16, 2018 on behalf of a Nevada resident, asking the court to decide whether Rod Rosenstein was the statutory and constitutional successor to Sessions in a pending lawsuit, rather than Whitaker. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the motion on January 14, 2019. Legal and policy views

Constitutional issues
<mask> stated in a question-and-answer session during his 2014 Iowa Senatorial campaign that "the courts are supposed to be the inferior branch". Whitaker was critical of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803), the decision that allows judicial review of the constitutionality of the acts of the other branches of government, and several other Supreme Court holdings. When <mask> later became acting Attorney General four years later, Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe commented on <mask>'s views that "the overall picture he presents would have virtually no scholarly support", and that they would be "'destabilizing' to society if he used the power of the attorney general to advance them".<mask> also stated during his 2014 Senate bid that he would not support "secular" judges and that judges should "have a biblical view of justice". Asked if he meant Levitical or New Testament justice, he replied "I'm a New Testament". Although <mask> never specifically commented on the ability of non-Christian judges to serve, Whitaker's answer was subsequently interpreted by various individuals and groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, to imply that he would disqualify non-Christian judges, and were condemned as unconstitutional. An ADL spokesperson said, "The notion that non-Christian judges are disqualified from service is patently wrong, and completely inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution, which explicitly bars any religious test for public office". Whitaker stated in 2013 he supports the right of states to nullify federal laws. Stephen Vladeck of University of Texas stated that Whitaker's views on nullification are "irreconcilable not only with the structure of the Constitution, but with its text, especially the text of the Supremacy Clause", and added that "For someone who holds those views to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer, even temporarily, is more than a little terrifying". Criticisms of 2017 Special Counsel investigation
During the months prior to joining the Justice Department as Jeff Sessions' chief of staff in September 2017, <mask> made several statements critical of the Mueller investigation, of which he assumed oversight responsibility upon being appointed Acting Attorney General in November 2018.By July 2017, the Trump White House was interviewing <mask> to join the Trump legal team. During a six-month span in 2017, Whitaker insisted that there was no obstruction of justice or collusion and criticized the initial appointment of the special counsel. He also called the probe "political" and "the left is trying to sow this theory that essentially Russians interfered with the U.S. election, which has been proven false". He also published an op-ed titled, "Mueller's Investigation of Trump Is Going Too Far" in which he expressed skepticism about the investigation generally and called the appointment of Mueller "ridiculous". He also retweeted a link to an article that referred to the investigation as a "lynch mob". Relationship with Donald Trump
Trump saw Whitaker's supportive commentaries on CNN in the summer of 2017, and in July White House counsel Don McGahn interviewed Whitaker to join Trump's legal team as an "attack dog" against Robert Mueller, who was heading the Special Counsel investigation. Trump associates believe Whitaker was later hired to limit the fallout of the investigation, including by reining in any Mueller report and preventing Trump from being subpoenaed.On November 13, a DOJ spokesperson said that Whitaker would seek advice from ethics officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) about whether a recusal from overseeing the Russia investigation was warranted. In 2017, Vox writer Murray Waas, reported that an unnamed administration source claimed that Whitaker provided private advice to Trump on how the White House might pressure the Justice Department "to name a special counsel to investigate not only allegations of FBI wrongdoing but also Hillary Clinton". Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society recommended <mask> to McGahn as chief of staff for Sessions, and <mask> was installed into that role at the direction of the White House. An anonymous source claimed that <mask> wanted to replace Sessions, without the latter's knowledge. By early September 2018, <mask> was on the short list of President Trump's White House staff as the replacement for Don McGahn as the White House Counsel. In September 2018, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly referred to <mask> as the White House's "eyes and ears" in the Justice Department, which the president considered himself at war with. Trump had spoken with <mask> in September 2018 about potentially assuming Sessions's role as Attorney General, although it was not clear whether Whitaker would take over on an interim basis or be nominated in a more permanent capacity.At that time, The New York Times described <mask> as a Trump loyalist who had frequently visited the Oval Office and as having "an easy chemistry" with Trump. <mask> was referenced by White House staff after a New York Times article disclosed in September that Rod Rosenstein had discussed secretly taping his conversations with the president and talked about using the Twenty-fifth Amendment to remove Trump from office. Trump repeatedly stated on November 9, "I don't know <mask>", contradicting remarks a month prior on Fox & Friends when he said, "I can tell you <mask>'s a great guy. I mean, I know <mask>". In October 2019, after leaving the White House, <mask> defended Trump amid the impeachment investigation into his conduct as president. Whitaker said there was no evidence of a crime by the President, and that "abuse of power is not a crime" in the Constitution. Other policy issues
<mask>'s website previously stated that he was a "Christian who regularly attends church with his family, Matt has built a life on hard work and free enterprise"; and he stated in 2014 that "life begins at conception".In 2014, he advocated for reducing the influence of the government saying, "I know that the government forcing people to violate their faith must never be tolerated. In the Senate, I will be a steadfast protector of every American's religious rights". Whitaker claimed he was not a "climate change denier" but said that the evidence is "inconclusive" and indicated he did not support regulations on carbon emissions. He has expressed a desire to get rid of family reunification and is against amnesty for illegal immigrants. In 2014, Whitaker represented a blogger who was fired from his job for describing homosexuality as "sinful." He argued the blogger had engaged in a legitimate expression of religious beliefs that should be considered protected speech, saying, "I just really think this case is a prime example of where religious freedom in our country is under assault and we need to send a strong message". Whitaker supported repealing the Affordable Care Act in his 2014 Senate campaign.Electoral history

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Archived official campaign site <mask> for Treasurer (2002) and U.S. Senate (2014)

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<mask> was born in New York City to <mask> and Wanda Williams.His father Malcolm was a  center in junior college. <mask> attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, arriving with limited fanfare as a  freshman. He was promoted to varsity in his second year, and flourished after growing  and . In his junior year, he led Molloy to the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) finals, where the Stanners lost 64–62 in an upset by Cardinal Hayes. As a senior, <mask> and junior guard Cole Anthony, son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) first-round draft pick Greg Anthony, formed one of the top duos in all of high school basketball, as well as in Molloy's history. They led the school to the CHSAA's semifinals. <mask> was voted the league's most valuable player (MVP).He was named a McDonald's All-American, becoming the school's first player to garner the honor since Kenny Anderson in 1989. <mask> earned MVP honors in the Ballislife All-American Game. College career
<mask> chose to play for UCLA over Kentucky, Maryland and Florida State. Rated a five-star prospect, he was the top newcomer in the Bruins recruiting class for 2018–19 that ranked in the top-10 nationally and also included Shareef O'Neal, son of Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal. <mask> provided the Bruins with a replacement at center for the graduated Thomas Welsh. Although he stood , there was concern that <mask> was underweight at . UCLA coach Steve Alford believed that he might still be growing and had "his best basketball ahead of him."<mask> was inconsistent as a freshman, dominating some games while being a nonfactor in others. In the season opener, he scored 19 points on 9-of-10 shooting, including five slam dunks, and had 17 rebounds in a 96–71 win over Purdue Fort Wayne. He was the first UCLA player to have 19 points and 17 rebounds in his college debut since Lew Alcindor, known later as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. On November 16, 2018, <mask> had 23 points and 14 rebounds in a 95–58 win over Saint Francis to become the first UCLA freshman to record a double-double in his first three games. He nearly had a triple-double with eight blocks in 29 minutes, having left the game for good with around six minutes remaining. After facing smaller post players from small-program schools, <mask> struggled offensively against Nick Ward of No. 11 Michigan State with only five points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in an 87–67 loss to the Spartans in the Las Vegas Invitational.In the consolation game, UCLA dropped its second straight contest to a top-15 team, losing to No. 7 North Carolina as <mask> played just eight minutes before fouling out. On December 2, he had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks in an 82–58 win over Loyola Marymount. It was his first double-double since the third game of the season, and it came in his first matchup against a fellow 7-footer, the Lions'  Mattias Markusson. On January 26, 2019, <mask> snapped out of a two-week slump  with 11 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks to help the Bruins end a three-game losing streak in a 90–69 win over Arizona. He missed the regular season finale against Utah due to an unspecified violation of the school's student-athlete code of conduct. <mask> finished the season averaging 9.7 points and a team-leading 8.3 rebounds, and ranked fourth in the Pac-12 Conference with 1.9 blocks per game.He was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and was an honorable mention for the conference's all-defensive team. After the season, he declared for the NBA draft. Professional career

Portland Trail Blazers (2019–2020)
<mask> went undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft. He joined the Houston Rockets for the 2019 NBA Summer League, playing briefly in one game. In September 2019, <mask> signed a training camp contract with the Portland Trail Blazers. He played in all five preseason games, averaging 5.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 6.9 minutes. Afterwards, the Trail Blazers converted his deal into a two-way contract.On October 27, they assigned him to the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He was transferred back to Portland on November 9 amid multiple injuries to their frontcourt, including centers Pau Gasol and Jusuf Nurkić. <mask> was sent to the G League on January 26, 2020. On February 29, <mask> posted a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds for Texas in a win over the Northern Arizona Suns. He appeared in nine total games for Portland, while playing in 30 for Texas and averaging 14.4 points on a team-high 64.1 field goal percentage in 19.4 minutes with team-highs of 7.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Oklahoma City Thunder (2020–2021)
On December 9, 2020, <mask> signed a two-way contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He played in the G League with the Oklahoma City Blue.For the week ending February 23, 2021, he was voted the G League Player of the Week after leading the Blue to a 5–0 record while averaging 19.8 points, 15.0 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game. He was named to the All-NBA G League First Team after season averages of 18.5 points, 13.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game. He was also placed on the NBA G League All-Defensive Team. On March 14, <mask> made his first career start for the Thunder, replacing a resting Al Horford in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In his second consecutive start on March 16 against the Chicago Bulls, he had 20 points and 16 rebounds for his first career double-double, which he already notched by halftime with 14 points and 10 rebounds. It was his fourth straight game setting a career high in points, which set a Thunder team record. He also had five blocks to become just the second player in team history to record 20+ points, 15+ rebounds and 5+ blocks in a game.On March 27, Oklahoma City announced that Horford would sit out the rest of the season as the team prioritized developing its younger players. That evening, <mask> had career-highs of 21 points and 23 rebounds in a loss to the Boston Celtics. The rebounds tied a team record set by Steven Adams in 2018, and his 19 rebounds by halftime set a team record for rebounds in a half. <mask> had the second-fastest double-double in Thunder history (8 minutes, 11 seconds). The following day, the Thunder announced that they had signed <mask> to a multi-year, standard NBA contract. He had been averaging 12.4 points, 12.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 27.7 minutes per game since returning from the G League. In the season finale against the Los Angeles Clippers, he had career-highs of 24 points and seven blocks, while also adding 18 rebounds.He ended the season with averages of 8.6 points and 8.9 rebounds. Dallas Mavericks (2021–2022)
On June 18, 2021, <mask> was traded to the Boston Celtics along with Al Horford and a 2025 second round pick in exchange for Kemba Walker, the 16th pick of the 2021 NBA Draft, and a 2025 second-rounder. On July 31, 2021, <mask> was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Josh Richardson. Dallas guaranteed his contract, but he did not develop into the player they expected. On February 10, 2022, he was waived by the Mavericks, freeing up a roster spot for them to trade Kristaps Porzingis.

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