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by Causes | 2.14.19

The Senate voted 54-45 on Thursday to confirm William Barr as U.S. Attorney General. He will be sworn in by President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts later today, thus allowing Barr to replace Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as head of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ).

The vote was mostly along party-lines, but four senators crossed the aisle: Three Democrats voted to confirm Barr, including Sens. Doug Jones (AL), Joe Manchin (WV), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) while Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the only Republican to oppose his nomination.

Who is William Barr?

Barr, 68, will serve his second stint as attorney general if confirmed ― he served in the role under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Sessions.

Earlier in his career, Barr worked for the Central Intelligence Agency before serving as a law clerk on the D.C. Circuit and working on domestic policy during the Reagan administration. He was then appointed to positions in the Office of Legal Counsel and the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) by George H.W. Bush before his appointment as attorney general.

After leaving the DOJ in 1994, Barr worked as the general counsel of GTE Corporation until 2008 and argued several cases before federal courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He then worked as a consultant to corporations on matters of regulatory litigation.

— Eric Revell

(Photo Credit: C-SPAN / Public Domain)

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