Feb 14, 2019 · The Senate confirmed William Barr to be the next attorney general of the United States in an 54-45 vote.
Feb 14, 2019 · By ANNIE DANIEL and JASMINE C. LEE FEB. 14, 2019. The Senate on Thursday confirmed William P. Barr as attorney general by a vote of 54-45. Virtually every Republican, along with three Democrats ...
Feb 14, 2019 · The Senate voted 54 to 45 on Feb. 14 to confirm President Trump's pick for attorney general, William P. Barr. (Video: U.S. Senate, Photo: U.S. Senate)
Feb 14, 2019 · The Senate confirmed William Barr on Thursday to serve as President Donald Trump’s next attorney general. William Barr’s confirmation to become the next attorney general came with a 54-45 vote and featured broad Republican support and little Democrat support. Barr served as attorney general during the George H.W. Bush administration.
Feb 14, 2020 · Barr assumed his position in President Trump's administration on Feb. 14, 2019, when the Senate confirmed him by a 54-45 near party-line vote. He replaced acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker ...
The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, then appointed with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.
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In the order of creation, the position of attorney general was the fourth cabinet level position created by Congress, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorneys general may be impeached and removed from office by Congress. As of 2013 the office of U.S. Attorney General has been held by eighty two people.
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What you might not know: Barr is a musician. He began playing the bagpipes as a child and has occasionally played at Justice Department functions. In his first stint as attorney general under President George H. W. Bush, Barr oversaw Robert Mueller, who was then in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division.
Barr is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31, giving Democrats the chance to question him not only about the reversal of Stone's sentencing recommendation, but also about other matters that have emerged in the aftermath of Trump's impeachment.
Two days after Barr received Mueller's report, Barr sent a four-page summary to Congress, saying: "The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.".
The couple has three daughters together. Before Barr joined the Trump administration, his oldest daughter, Mary Daly, worked in the Justice Department as the director of opioid enforcement and prevention, but she left her role for the Treasury Department's financial crimes unit as her father was confirmed.
In December 2019, for example, Barr described the Russia investigation as a "tra vesty," and lambasted former FBI officials involved in opening it, claiming "the greatest danger to our free system" is that the Obama administration "spied" on the Trump campaign in a way that he said sought to influence the 2016 election.
Hometown: New York , NY. Family: Barr is one of four children. His father, Donald, taught at Columbia University before becoming the headmaster of the Dalton School. His mother, Mary, was a Yale graduate and taught at Columbia as well. He's been married to his wife, Christine, for more than forty years.
He replaced acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, who held the top post since Trump fired his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in November 2018. Trump has said that Barr was his "first choice from day one.".
William Barr, 69 and a veteran of 40 years in Washington, was confirmed one year ago as attorney general, a position with broad influence over the administration of justice and broad sway over public faith placed in it.
Barr grew up in New York City, graduated from George Washington University law school, served in the Reagan administration and was attorney general under George HW Bush, establishing a record as a hardliner on gang violence and immigration and advocating for pardons in the Iran-Contra affair.