Nominee For No. 3 At Justice Department Withdraws After Backlash From GOP Senators
Attorney General William Barr got into a "shouting match" with Utah Sen. Mike Lee over Jessie Liu's bid for associate attorney general, sources told NPR. Liu is the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C.
Updated at 10: 17 a.m.
President Trump's pick to serve as third in command at the Justice Department, overseeing health care and immigration cases, withdrew her name from consideration Thursday evening amid backlash from conservative lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jessie Liu leads more than 300 prosecutors as the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., the nation's largest
