Who Might Joe Biden Select To Lead The Justice Department?
Democrats have condemned what they call inappropriate closeness between the White House and Justice Department in the Trump era. That means picking an attorney general and other personnel is tricky.
by Carrie Johnson
Nov 19, 2020
3 minutes
Choosing an attorney general is a critical task for a new president in normal times.
But after nearly four years of attack from President Trump, who pushed the Justice Department to punish his enemies and protect his friends, these are not normal times, as former Solicitor General Don Verrilli pointed out recently to an online audience at the Brennan Center for Justice.
"I think we have to not only rebuild the public's confidence in the Department of Justice as an institution,
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