Liu served on Trump’s transition team, a position Democrats raised as a potential conflict of interest during her confirmation to be U.S. attorney for D.C.
If confirmed by the Senate, Liu will oversee the civil division, the civil rights division, the antitrust division, the office overseeing police reform, and other divisions not related to criminal prosecutions or national security. Trump's intention to nominate her was first reportedLiu was nominated by Trump to serve as the head federal prosecutor in D.C. and was confirmed in September 2017.
Liu also served on Trump’s transition team, a position that Democrats raised as a potential conflict of interest during her confirmation as U.S. attorney. Last month, Trump nominated Jeff Rosen, the Transportation Department deputy secretary, to the No. 2 post at the Justice Department, the deputy attorney general.the current deputy attorney general, is expected to leave the post in the coming weeks.
Under then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Rosenstein oversaw the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election after the recusal of Sessions. That left whoever was in the No. 3 spot in a de facto position to take oversight powers if Rosenstein was fired, something Trump often threatened publicly.Liu is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump to Nominate Jessie Liu as Justice Department’s No. 3 OfficialPresident Trump will nominate federal prosecutor Jessie Liu as the Justice Department’s No. 3 official, after a year in which his administration failed to persuade several candidates to take on the challenging position.
Read more »
How Cohen's testimony threatens the president — and a roadmap to Trump's possible defensesCohen testified that he also briefed Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, both of them executives in the Trump Organization, about negotiations for a Trump Tower Moscow during the campaign.
Read more »
House Democrats are seeking interviews with Trump-Putin meeting translatorsIt is highly unusual for translators to be hauled in front of Congress, although calls for Democrats to do just that have risen amid an also extraordinary level of secrecy about the president's conversations with Putin.
Read more »
Trump: Democrats Did a ‘Terrible Thing’ by Scheduling Cohen Hearing During SummitPresident Trump said the House Oversight Committee did a “terrible thing” by scheduling a hearing with his former lawyer Michael Cohen to coincide with the timing of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Read more »
Analysis | Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortionAnalysis: Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion
Read more »
Trump slams Democrats over Cohen timing, names him a liarPresident Donald Trump slammed Democrats during a news conference Thursday for having scheduled the damning testimony of his former attorney Michael Cohen during his summit with North Korea and accused Cohen of lying.
Read more »
Opinion | Must Democrats make it easy for Trump?The party can be ideologically pristine or it can win in 2020. It cannot do both.
Read more »
'Way too premature': Michael Cohen's testimony fails to move seasoned Democrats toward impeaching Donald Trump“I don’t think we’re there yet,” Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi told Newsweek. “I personally think that’s way too premature, and we should be investigating and then seeing what the conclusion of the investigation is.”
Read more »