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December 10, 2018

Trump Nominates William Barr as Next Attorney General
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President Trump has nominated William Barr to be the next attorney
general. Barr previously served as attorney general under President
George H.W. Bush in the early 1990s and is known for his expansive view
of executive power. If confirmed, Barr will oversee Mueller's
investigation. As Bush's attorney general, he was involved in the pardon
of six Reagan officials for the Iran-Contra scandal. More recently, he
has expressed sympathy for President Trump's demand that Hillary Clinton
be prosecuted over her use of a private email server. Barr also supports
former Attorney General Jeff Sessions's positions on so-called religious
freedom and his hardline stance on immigration. In 1995, he wrote that
the U.S. government should not be secular and should subsidize Catholic
religious education and promote laws that "restrain sexual immorality."


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