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Trump Nominates Former Personal Lawyer As Attorney General
Blanche, 51, has been serving as acting attorney general since Pam Bondi departed in April. Since then he has pursued a number of indictments against Trump's political enemies.
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US Cuts Task Forces On Foreign Influence, Russian Sanctions
US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed she had disbanded the Foreign Influence Task Force, a unit dedicated to investigating violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), requiring such agents to register with US authorities.
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Trump Pick Matt Gaetz Withdraws As Nominee For US Attorney General
Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, on Thursday pulled out of the selection process after widespread opposition including from within his Republican Party.
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US Attorney General Makes Surprise Visit To Ukraine
US Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Friday and vowed to hold "Russian war criminals accountable" for their actions.
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Donald Trump Announces Attorney General Bill Barr Will Leave Office "Just Before Christmas"
President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Attorney General Bill Barr, who angered him by contradicting his claims of having been the victim of mass fraud in the US election, is leaving office.
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US Attorney General Says No Evidence Of Decisive Election Fraud: Report
US Attorney General Bill Barr was quoted as saying Tuesday that there was no evidence of any significant fraud in the November 3 election that would reverse Democrat Joe Biden's defeat of President Donald Trump.
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Have "Legal Right" To Intervene In Criminal Cases, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump dismissed rare criticism from his attorney general Friday, tweeting that he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases whenever he likes.
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"Can't Do My Job, Time To Stop Tweeting": US Attorney General To Trump
US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department "impossible."
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Huawei, ZTE "Cannot Be Trusted", Pose Security Threat: Top US General
Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. "cannot be trusted," U.S. Attorney General William Barr said, labelling the Chinese firms a security threat as he backed a proposal to bar U.S. rural wireless carriers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment or services from them.
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Jail Guards Slept Without Checking On Jeffrey Epstein, Warden Sacked
US Attorney General William Barr ordered the removal of the warden at the federal jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, the Justice Department said on Tuesday, after condemning "serious irregularities" at the facility.
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US Official Cites "Irregularities" At Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died
US Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday there were "serious irregularities" at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide, and pledged to pursue any co-conspirators in the sex trafficking case.
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Donald Trump Names Ex-Bush Official As New Attorney General
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped William Barr, a conservative lawyer who was attorney general in the administration of the late George H.W. Bush, to lead the US Department of Justice.
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Who Infuriated Trump On Russia Probe, Forced Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday at President Donald Trump's request, ending the tenure of a beleaguered loyalist whose relationship with the president was ruined when Sessions recused himself from control of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Donald Trump Says He Should Not Have Picked Sessions As Attorney General: Report
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to a New York Times interview.
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Qatar, Accused Of Supporting Terrorism, Hires Ex-US Attorney General John Ashcroft
The government of Qatar has hired John Ashcroft, the U.S. attorney general during the Sept. 11 attacks, as it seeks to rebut accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump and its Arab neighbors that it supports terrorism.
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Trump Nominates Former Personal Lawyer As Attorney General
Blanche, 51, has been serving as acting attorney general since Pam Bondi departed in April. Since then he has pursued a number of indictments against Trump's political enemies.
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US Cuts Task Forces On Foreign Influence, Russian Sanctions
US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed she had disbanded the Foreign Influence Task Force, a unit dedicated to investigating violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), requiring such agents to register with US authorities.
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Trump Pick Matt Gaetz Withdraws As Nominee For US Attorney General
Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, on Thursday pulled out of the selection process after widespread opposition including from within his Republican Party.
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US Attorney General Makes Surprise Visit To Ukraine
US Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Friday and vowed to hold "Russian war criminals accountable" for their actions.
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Donald Trump Announces Attorney General Bill Barr Will Leave Office "Just Before Christmas"
President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Attorney General Bill Barr, who angered him by contradicting his claims of having been the victim of mass fraud in the US election, is leaving office.
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US Attorney General Says No Evidence Of Decisive Election Fraud: Report
US Attorney General Bill Barr was quoted as saying Tuesday that there was no evidence of any significant fraud in the November 3 election that would reverse Democrat Joe Biden's defeat of President Donald Trump.
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Have "Legal Right" To Intervene In Criminal Cases, Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump dismissed rare criticism from his attorney general Friday, tweeting that he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases whenever he likes.
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"Can't Do My Job, Time To Stop Tweeting": US Attorney General To Trump
US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department "impossible."
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Huawei, ZTE "Cannot Be Trusted", Pose Security Threat: Top US General
Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. "cannot be trusted," U.S. Attorney General William Barr said, labelling the Chinese firms a security threat as he backed a proposal to bar U.S. rural wireless carriers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment or services from them.
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Jail Guards Slept Without Checking On Jeffrey Epstein, Warden Sacked
US Attorney General William Barr ordered the removal of the warden at the federal jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, the Justice Department said on Tuesday, after condemning "serious irregularities" at the facility.
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US Official Cites "Irregularities" At Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died
US Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday there were "serious irregularities" at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide, and pledged to pursue any co-conspirators in the sex trafficking case.
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Donald Trump Names Ex-Bush Official As New Attorney General
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped William Barr, a conservative lawyer who was attorney general in the administration of the late George H.W. Bush, to lead the US Department of Justice.
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Who Infuriated Trump On Russia Probe, Forced Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday at President Donald Trump's request, ending the tenure of a beleaguered loyalist whose relationship with the president was ruined when Sessions recused himself from control of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Donald Trump Says He Should Not Have Picked Sessions As Attorney General: Report
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to a New York Times interview.
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Qatar, Accused Of Supporting Terrorism, Hires Ex-US Attorney General John Ashcroft
The government of Qatar has hired John Ashcroft, the U.S. attorney general during the Sept. 11 attacks, as it seeks to rebut accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump and its Arab neighbors that it supports terrorism.
