who did president-elect donald trump pick for attorney general?

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Feb 18, 2022 · After President Trump made his choice for his Attorney General the next morning, Mr. Barr was confirmed os plan to nominate Mr. Barr on December 7, 2018, and he was confirmed as the 85th Attorney...

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Nov 18, 2016 · WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his nominee for the next attorney general, an official close to the transition process told CNN Friday. The official...

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Nov 18, 2016 · President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sen. Jeff Sessions R-Ala. for the job of attorney general. Carolyn Kaster/AP Jeff Sessions of Alabama was the first Republican senator to get behind the-then...

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Nov 18, 2016 · Jeff Sessions is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to become the next U.S. attorney general.

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May 26, 2020 · The Attorney General of the United States – appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate – heads the DOJ with its more than 100,000 attorneys, special agents, and other staff. It represents the United States in federal criminal and civil litigation, and provides legal advice to the President and Cabinet.

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Well before Trump's plan to build a wall, Sessions was a border hawk. From his post as chairman of the Judiciary Committee's immigration panel, he's long been the Senate's leading voice against illegal immigration and expanding guest worker programs.

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Sessions' Senate Judiciary colleagues will be looking beyond his immigration views in confirmation hearings for attorney general. One thing that's expected to come up is the last time he was there: in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan had named Sessions to a federal judgeship.

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Now, Session sits on the very panel that rejected his nomination to the federal bench. And since then, at least one of the "no" votes, the late Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, said it was a mistake.

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The man President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his attorney general pick is a vocal opponent on issues like same-sex marriage and federal hate-crimes legislation, raising concerns among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community,

Same-sex marriage

In 2004 and 2006, Sessions, a Republican senator from Alabama, voted in favor of advancing the failed Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have amended the Constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman.

Hate crimes and discrimination

Same-sex marriage is not the only pro-LGBTQ legislation Sessions has opposed. He voted against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, which expanded federal hate-crimes law to include bias-motivated violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

General endorsements

General endorsements include all of President Trump's endorsements in regularly scheduled elections, made before and after primary elections. This list does not include Trump's endorsements in special elections.

Special elections

The list below includes all endorsements President Trump made in special elections. The candidates below are not included in the General endorsements list above.

Battleground primaries

Battleground primaries are those that Ballotpedia expected to be competitive or interesting in some other way. The list below includes all battleground primaries where President Trump endorsed a candidate before the primary election day.