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What does the US attorney general actually do? A law professor explains

Shortly after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to serve as U.S. attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Pam Bondi for the position. A former Florida attorney general, Bondi also worked for Trump as a defense lawyer during the first of his two impeachment trials.

The Conversation

Trump picks loyalist Whitaker to be 'America First' envoy to NATO - Roll Call

President-elect Trump chose Matthew Whitaker, a loyalist who briefly was acting attorney general in his first term, to be NATO ambassador.

Roll Call

‘Definition of fascist’: Trump’s last cabinet picks didn’t last long — or leave quietly

Donald Trump has made a flurry of appointments to his new cabinet, some more extreme than expected. How did his picks work out last time?

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Donald Trump taps his criminal defense lawyers for top DoJ roles

Administration picks Todd Blanche and Emil Bove defended president-elect in New York hush-money case

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Trump picks legal defense team for top Justice Department roles - Roll Call

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he wants to put attorneys from his legal team into high-ranking Justice Department posts.

Roll Call

Trump is struggling to find an attorney general candidate who ‘ticks all the boxes’

Justice Department official says ‘handcuffs are going to be off’ ahead of Trump’s second term

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Trump Struggles To Choose Attorney General For Second Term

President-elect Trump faces challenges in selecting the attorney general due to dissatisfaction with previous appointees.

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Here’s a look at who’s in — and possibly in — Trump’s second administration - Roll Call

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested a number of GOP lawmakers could be part of his second administration.

Roll Call

We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time

Trump used his presidency to harass and prosecute ‘enemies within’. If re-elected, he will act with even less restraint

The Guardian - US

Two Pot Legalizers Top the Democratic Ticket

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz both back marijuana legalization, but they took different paths to get there.

Reason

How will Harris debate Trump? Six key moments offer insight

Debate could allow her to deliver on her oft-repeated promise to voters: that she will prosecute the case against Trump

The Guardian - US

Bowing to Public Opinion, Trump and Harris Both Agree That Marijuana Should Be Legal

It remains unclear whether either would do anything about that as president.

Reason

Separated review – Errol Morris’s quietly furious takedown of Trump’s inhumane border policy

Morris’s forensic account of those who implemented family separation makes for harrowing viewing

The Guardian - UK

Walz, Like Harris, Supports Marijuana Legalization—but He Beat Her to the Punch

The Democratic vice presidential nominee has a long record of supporting cannabis reform.

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Harris brought prosecutorial approach during time in Senate - Roll Call

Vice President Kamala Harris’ likely ballot matchup this fall against former President Donald Trump will echo her time in the Senate.

Reason

Unlike Biden and Trump, Kamala Harris Has Repeatedly Supported Pot Legalization

The presumptive Democratic nominee has a more liberal drug policy record than both the president and the Republican presidential nominee.

Reason

Alabama Law Review: A Tribute to Twenty Years on the Bench—Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr.

With contributions by Justice Thomas, Attorney General Sessions, and many Pryor clerks/mentees who became judges.

Salon

Cohen: Trump had AG "in his pocket"

Cohen testified that Trump vowed that then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions would help with hush-money money case

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5 years later, Mueller questions linger

Why didn’t the full report become public?

The Guardian - US

Tommy Tuberville is not acting: he really is Trump’s useful idiot

Tuberville is performing Trump’s retribution against a military he believes confounded his coup – and is preparing the groundwork for his takeover in 2025

The Guardian - US

Far-right US thinktank to give award to extremist sheriff leading ‘disaster’ office

Claremont Institute to present sheriff award to Chad Bianco, who is involved in a state investigation of jail deaths

Salon

Judge orders testimony from Sessions

Jeff Sessions and Kirstjen Nielsen had "unique personal knowledge of their own intent" in migrant family seperation

The Conversation

Special counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department's investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren't entirely

On June 20, 2023, Hunter Biden, the second son of President Joe Biden, entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors related to tax-related charges and the illegal possession of a firearm.

WEKU

Bowe Bergdahl's desertion conviction is voided by the appearance of bias under Trump

A U.S. judge says the reversal shows "why individuals aspiring for public office and those achieving that objective" shouldn't call for a specific verdict in criminal cases.

WEKU

Tuberville is showing how much power one lawmaker wields under Senate rules

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been blocking every U.S. military personnel move that needs Senate confirmation since February. Here, a look at why and how he can bend the will of the Senate to his own.

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