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President-elect Trump announced his first post-election Cabinet nominee, Jeff Sessions for the role of United States Attorney General, on November 18, 2016. (Trump had earlier announced Mike Pence as his pick for vice-presidential running mate in July 2016, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the delegates to the Republican National ...
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 ...
Personal attorney for President Trump John M. Dowd: June 2017 March 22, 2018 Dowd cited Trump's repeatedly ignoring advice, clashing over legal strategy, and the recent hire of attorney Joseph diGenova to the legal team as justification for his resignation, [213] [214] while Trump cited his lack of confidence in Dowd to handle the investigation ...
The most controversial of Trump’s initial Cabinet selections, the possibility of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) becoming attorney general immediately led to a slew of headlines about the years of ...
The analysis found more room for a general complaint of slowness in congressional action and that the administration "has by far the fewest confirmed cabinet selections at this point" but it also noted that, beyond the non-action on Judge Merrick Garland's 10-month nomination to the Supreme Court by Trump's predecessor, President Obama's ...
Robert O'Brien: O'Brien was Trump's final national security advisor during the first term and has maintained close ties to the president-elect, according to Reuters, who reported that O'Brien met ...
List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump (2017–2021) List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations; List of economic advisors to Donald Trump; Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump; 2019–2021 Department of Homeland Security appointment disputes; 2020 dismissal of inspectors general
WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general has created an opening for one of the criminal defense lawyers he designated for top posts at ...