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Attorney General

  1. the law
    Former President Donald Trump's Hush-Money Criminal Trial
    Trump’s Nomination of Matt Gaetz Is a Sign of Dark IntentionsMatt Gaetz, U.S. attorney general — it’s almost an oxymoron. This is a crazy pick. A dangerous pick.
    By Elie Honig
  2. insurrection day
    Merrick Garland vs. Trump’s MobThose who hoped he would prosecute January 6 with gusto have been bitterly disappointed.
    By Andrew Rice
  3. politics
    Trump Repeatedly Pressured Justice Department to Help Overturn ElectionAfter DOJ leaders refused to file a Supreme Court lawsuit, Trump nearly fired the acting attorney general just days before the attack on Congress.
    By Chas Danner
  4. department of justice
    Trump: Attorney General William Barr Will Resign Next WeekBarr and Trump were closely aligned until after the election, when the AG refused to sign on to the president’s baseless fraud claims.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. attorney general
    Bill Barr Is Reportedly Considering Resigning Before the End of Trump’s TermThe second AG has been the most effective administration figure to enable Trump’s authoritarian impulses, but he may not hang around until the end.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. the national circus
    With State of the Union Disinvitation, Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump Once AgainPelosi knows how to push the levers of government, and how to push Trump’s buttons. It’s an unbeatable combination.
    By Frank Rich
  7. politics
    The Most Worrying Things About Trump’s New Attorney General PickWilliam Barr has spoken out against Roe v. Wade and has a bad record on civil rights.
    By Lisa Ryan
  8. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
    Report: Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Is a Tough GuyDuring his time working with “scam” company World Patent Marketing, Whitaker allegedly “threatened” a man over complaints against the firm.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. department of justice
    The New Acting Attorney General Is Suffocatingly NormalAn old tweet is worth a thousand words, or something.
    By Brian Feldman
  11. department of justice
    Sessions Was Loyal to Trumpism, But Not Trump, and That Was His UndoingWith a Democratic House and the Mueller investigation both looming, copacetic ideology wasn’t enough to satisfy Trump anymore.
    By Sarah Jones
  12. just asking questions
    Eric Holder on Rod Rosenstein, Working with Uber, and Prosecuting BankersA conversation with the former attorney general about the Russia investigation, his work with Airbnb and Uber, and his plans for 2020
    By Noah Kulwin
  13. encounter
    Letitia James on Her Battle to Be New York’s Next Attorney GeneralThe onetime shoo-in worries that anti-Establishment fervor will undo all her dues paying.
    By David Freedlander
  14. Letitia James Has Taken Control of New York’s Attorney General RaceBut there is still time for a challenger — Preet Bharara, anyone? — to emerge as New York State’s next top cop.
    By David Freedlander
  15. Trump Bullying of Sessions Could Backfire With Republican SenatorsJeff Sessions may be Mr. Magoo to the president. But to his former colleagues in the Senate, he’s part of the club.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Report: Sessions Asks Where American Terror Suspects Are ‘Originally’ FromA revealing question from the attorney general.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. Jeff Sessions Can’t Recall a Lot of Things“I can’t believe I can’t remember that.”
  18. Jeff Sessions Is Still Cool With Trump After Constantly Being Humiliated by HimTheir shared dark vision of the world unites them.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. Republicans Rally Around Jeff Sessions After Trump’s Latest AttackHe may have picked the wrong target for his outrage this time.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. encounter
    Eric Schneiderman on Keeping Trump in Check and Maybe Investigating Russian Ties“If it’s hard to get checks on the presidency from Congress, we’re going to try to fill that space.”
    By Andrew Rice
  21. Chris Christie Says He’d Be Working for Trump If Not for His WifeMary Pat Christie refused to move to D.C., so her husband refused to take a job there.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. Jeff Sessions Makes the Case That He Is Not Too Racist to Be Attorney GeneralThe Alabama senator argues that his prosecution of black activists for voter fraud was a testament to his commitment to voting rights.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. Trumps Taps Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Mike Pompeo for CIAThe first two black attorneys general will be succeeded by a man who once “joked” that his only problem with the KKK was that “they smoked pot.”
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Trump’s Strange and Mildly Disturbing Short List of Attorney General CandidatesThose reportedly under most active consideration are not dispelling fears of a right-wing Justice Department.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. What Obama’s AG Pick Could Do in FergusonIn a talk from 2000, U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch outlined her preferred tool for tackling racial injustice in the police force.
    By Robert Kolker
  26. comings and goings
    Meet Loretta Lynch, Obama’s Nominee for U.S. Attorney GeneralThe front-runner to replace Eric Holder would be the first black woman to hold the job.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. comings and goings
    Eric Holder Is Just About Done Being Attorney GeneralHe’ll step down as soon as a successor is in place.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  28. politics
    More Fun With Negative Advertising in the A.G. RaceEric Schneiderman really, really wants you to know that the New York ‘Times’ likes him.
    By Avi Zenilman
  29. politics
    Is Cuomo’s Annointed AG Successor Starting to Panic?Kathleen Rice goes negative as the one primary race that matters heats up.
    By Avi Zenilman
  30. early and often
    Cuomo to Try to ‘Pick Off’ Legislators, Choose Own ReplacementGod, doesn’t he know that Democrats TALK?
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. the bonus buster
    Andrew Cuomo Sues Bank of New York Over ‘Egregious’ Breach of Conduct in Madoff AffairThe New York Attorney General continues his crusade against financial institutions, and the English language.
    By Jessica Pressler
  32. early and often
    Attorney General Fund-raising Race Heats UpThe race that is not yet a race is heating up.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. machinations
    Alberto Gonzales Won’t Be Charged Over Eavesdropping TestimonyThe most serious allegations against W.’s attorney general have been dropped.
    By Murray Waas
  34. the bonus buster
    Andrew Cuomo’s Agreement With Carlyle Is Pretty Amazing, If He Does Say So HimselfThe Bonus Buster makes a deal.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. early and often
    Eliot Spitzer May Want His Old AG Job BackLet’s make a list of reasons why this doesn’t feel right.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. early and often
    Obama’s Attorney General Pick Gets Mixed ReceptionBut who HASN’T helped pardon an international fugitive?
    By Dan Amira
  37. intel
    Memo to Andrew Cuomo: Change TacticsIn which we ask Andrew Cuomo to please stop tooting his own horn, and just get to work.