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Showing Original Post only (View all)Doug Jones Is Leading Contender for Attorney General [View all]
Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) is the leading contender to become Presdient-elect Joe Bidens attorney general, NBC News reports.
Biden has also been considering Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/08/doug-jones-is-leading-contender-for-attorney-general/#disqus_thread
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Sally Yates is the best choice. She already knows DOJ, what it was, and what has been done to it.
SharonAnn
Dec 2020
#71
Agreed on all points. That would make her confirmation all the sweeter, though!! NT
MANative
Dec 2020
#21
Mitch might talk his little f*cklings into voting against each Cabinet pick.
CaptYossarian
Dec 2020
#64
Dem senators from states that wouldn't guarentee a Dem replacement should be a no go
JT45242
Dec 2020
#4
Jones likes to play nice and compromise. He's not going after anyone of substance
Rice4VP
Dec 2020
#53
Yates seems to have the most experience with going after political corruption and white collar crime
TheRealNorth
Dec 2020
#22
well you can go to federal prison and ask the 16th street bombers how easy going he was
dsc
Dec 2020
#40
You could pick Perry Mason and there's not likely to be many, if any prosecutions.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2020
#46
Tony Wesr? Kampala's BIL https://thecrimereport.org/2020/12/08/tony-west-kamala-harris-brother-in-la
Dream Girl
Dec 2020
#31
I guess locking up KKK murderers doesn't carry the same currency it once did.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2020
#70
Sally Yates has more federal experience than Doug Jones. AND she knows where the skeletons are.
ancianita
Dec 2020
#60
How would she get around the federal pardons for Trump, and the rest of the cabal?
BannonsLiver
Dec 2020
#68