Avoiding Senate confirmation with acting secretaries makes for top aides who are more responsive to the president and often less effective overall.
jeff sessions
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Dana Milbank: Why would William Barr want to be attorney general? The answer should alarm President Trump
The nominee says he wants to protect the Justice Department’s ‘independence and reputation.’
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Report sinks labor secretary’s hopes of being Trump’s attorney general
The Miami Herald links Alexander Acosta to a deal involving a financier accused of sex crimes.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Janet Mills joins group that aims to block Trump’s pick for acting attorney general
Maine’s attorney general and incoming governor says the appointment of Matthew Whitaker violates the law governing how a vacancy in the office should be filled.
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Jim Fossel: Timing of Sessions ouster may be 2020 strategy
Trump could be aiming to push Democrats toward politically unattractive recalcitrance.
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Cooler heads not panicking about post-Sessions Mueller probe
Here are a few reasons why a new attorney general is not such a threat – yet – to the special counsel.
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Mainers rally in Augusta to support Mueller probe after Sessions ouster
Dozens gathered on the steps of the State House to cite their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump having forced his attorney general to quit.
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Trump ousts attorney general, raising concerns he’ll try to influence Mueller probe
The president replaces Jeff Sessions at least temporarily with Matthew Whitaker, who once said Sessions’ replacement might set Mueller’s budget ‘so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt.’
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Dana Milbank: Since Trump believes he is the state, people he doesn’t like are ‘traitors’
His young administration already has at least three Benedict Arnolds.
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Commentary: Trump wants one thing in an attorney general – loyalty to him
If the president fires Jeff Sessions, an acting attorney general could do a lot of damage.