William Barr emerges as Trump's leading attorney general candidate
by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Dec 07, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is close to nominating William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, to permanently succeed Jeff Sessions as head of the Justice Department, according to people close to the process.
Trump has had several conversations with Barr in recent weeks and "has already signed off on it," said one person close to the administration, who cautioned that nothing is final until the president announces it. Like others familiar
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