what democrats confirmed attorney general william barr?

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May 02, 2019 · U.S. William Barr Congress Democrats Joe Manchin. Attorney General William Barr was confirmed by the Senate in February with a vote of 54 to 45, which included the support of three Democrats.

Majority rule

The 54 senators voting “yes”, thereby confirming Barr as attorney general, represent 48 percent of voting age Americans, or 107 million people.

Key votes

Democrats Joe Manchin, Doug Jones and Kyrsten Sinema voted to confirm Barr and one Republican, Rand Paul, voted against Barr.

Did Sessions protect him from Russia?

Trump had complained that Sessions, throughout his tenure as attorney general, was weak, and did not protect him from the Russia investigation. Sessions recused himself early on in the investigation, prior to Mueller’s appointment, due to his involvement with the Trump campaign in 2016.

Is Mueller's report confidential?

Barr has said that he will be as transparent as possible under Justice Department regulations, not ing that regulations call for the report to be confidential, requiring only that the report explains the decisions to pursue or to decline prosecutions, which could be as simple as a short list, or a report of hundreds of pages.

Return to the Justice Department

Barr's nomination last year marked an unusual return to politics for the 68-year-old.

Mueller investigation

Barr's claim of independence did little to assuage Senate Democrats skeptical of his potential handling of the looming conclusion of Mueller's investigation.

Cybersecurity

Barr will face a new landscape of challenges in his second turn at Justice, including foreign threats and cyber crimes that were not on the department's radar, or even physical possibilities, in the early 1990s.