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Was criticized by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for resigning rather than voting to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. [57] [60] United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division: Eric Dreiband: October 12, 2018 January 8, 2021 [61] Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Chad Wolf ...
Trump declined to accept the resignations of Dana Boente, who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rod Rosenstein, whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Trump also allowed Deirdre M. Daly and Richard S. Hartunian to remain in office for a period of several months until they completed 20 ...
On January 30, 2017, Trump appointed Dana Boente, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as acting Attorney General until Jeff Sessions' Senate confirmation. [146] Boente had replaced Sally Yates who was fired by Trump for ordering the Justice Department to not defend Trump's Executive Order 13769 which ...
Donald Trump's short list for attorney general includes current U.S. senators, former White House officials and a state attorney general who took the Biden administration to court.
Jeffrey Clark, a former assistant attorney general, has already been considered by Trump for attorney general. Trump conferred with Clark about aggressively challenging 2020 election results and ...
Jeffrey Clark, a former assistant attorney general. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge who dismissed charges that he mishandled classified documents after leaving the White ...
Nathan Hochman, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division (2008–2009) (Independent; Republican until 2023) (endorsed Kamala Harris) [61] James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2001–2005) (endorsed Kamala Harris) [45] Mary Kramer, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados (2004–2006) (endorsed Nikki ...
National Review pointed out that Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton's attorney general in March 1993 by firing U.S. attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts, this being more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Sessions fired on Friday. [52]