As President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his Cabinet, Americans are waiting for him to appoint someone to one of the most important positions in the administration: attorney general. Trump’s pick for attorney general will be one of the most talked about appointments heading into his second term. In his first term, Trump appointed Jeff Sessions, who served as AG for two years, and then appointed Bill Barr, who served during the final two years of Trump’s time in the White House. Multiple names are being floated for potential replacements for President Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland. Mark Paoletta Attorney Mark Paoletta served in the Trump administration as chief counsel and assistant to Vice President Mike Pence before moving to general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Paoletta is a close friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni, and he played an important role in Thomas’ confirmation to the High Court. From 1997 to 2007, Paoletta served as Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations for the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He now serves on Trump’s transition team and is helping craft Justice Department policy for the second Trump administration, according to Fox News. In an X post on Monday, Paoletta told “career DOJ employees” who “won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith” to step down. “Those employees who engage in so-called ‘resistance’ against the duly-elected President’s lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy,” he added. “Finally, those that take such actions would be subject to disciplinary measures, including termination. I look forward to President Trump’s team Making America Great Again, especially at the Department of Justice and the FBI.” John Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe served as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence for a year at the end of the president’s first term. Before taking that role, Ratcliffe served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and was elected to Congress in 2015, where he served for five years as the House representative from Texas’s 4th District. Ratcliffe was outspoken in his criticism of the FBI and Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into the spurious claims of Trump’s ties to Russia. Shortly before the 2020 election, Ratcliffe declassified information about the 2016 election that suggested Hillary Clinton’s campaign approved a plan to “stir up a scandal” against Trump that tied him to the Russians, The New York Times reported. Ratcliffe has remained quiet on the rumors surrounding a potential AG appointment. Sen. Mike Lee Utah Senator Mike Lee has been one of the most conservative lawmakers in Washington, D.C., for over a decade. Lee has an extensive legal background, serving as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, clerking for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, and working as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Utah. He served as Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.’s general counsel before his election to the Senate in 2010. Lee won his third term in office in 2022. He was a strong critic of Trump in 2016, voting for independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Lee, however, quickly became a staunch Trump ally of Trump. Six years later, Trump backed Lee’s re-election bid when McMullin challenged him for the Senate in an election that Lee won by over 10 points. Lee told The Dispatch earlier this year that after Trump started governing in 2017, Lee saw that “he aligned a lot more with Republican ideals than I expected. In some areas, I was particularly surprised how well things went.” Asked about a possible role in the Trump administration last week, Lee told Deseret News, “I have the job I want.” “And I look forward to working in the next Congress and with President Trump and his team to implement his agenda and the reform agenda that Republicans have offered and campaigned on, and it’s going to be an exciting time,” he added. “We’ve got a lot of work to do.” Judge Aileen Cannon ABC News reported last month that District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who threw out the classified documents case against Trump earlier this year, appeared on a Trump ream document as a potential attorney general pick. The document was reportedly written by Trump’s top advisers. Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump in July, ruling that “Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.” Cannon, whom Trump appointed in 2020, was born in Colombia and grew up in Miami. From 2008 to 2009, she clerked for Steven Colloton, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Iowa. Cannon was then an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2013 to 2020. Cannon also presided over the case of Ryan Routh, who was charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at his West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course in September. Routh’s lawyers have asked Cannon to recuse herself from the case, citing her potential appointment to a higher position in the second Trump administration. Matthew Whitaker A candidate who already has some experience in the position is former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, whom Trump tapped to fill the position for a short time between the stints of Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr. Whitaker served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2004 until 2009. He then worked as a managing partner of a general practice law firm in Des Moines, Iowa, from 2009 to 2017. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Whitaker to serve as his chief of staff in 2017. After Sessions resigned in November 2018, Whitaker was tapped by Trump to serve as Acting Attorney General, a position he held until February 2019 when Barr took over. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Whitaker did not tell Fox News whether he was interested in the position in the second Trump administration, saying, “[Trump’s] going to want someone who he knows, likes and trusts. He’s going to want someone who was there from the beginning.” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Another name floated for AG is the recently appointed Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed Bailey after former Missouri AG Eric Schmitt ran for Senate and won in 2022. As the state’s chief law enforcement officer, Bailey has challenged the Biden administration in dozens of lawsuits including accusing the federal government of “hid[ing] information from Americans” about “flying of illegal immigrants into Missouri.” Bailey served as general counsel of the Missouri Department of Corrections and as general counsel for Parson. As attorney general, Bailey has also gone after the abortion drug mifepristone, arguing that it is too dangerous and seeking to ensure “long-standing safety requirements” are put in place for the drug. In 2023, Bailey announced new restrictions on gender procedures for adults and children. The new rules required people to undergo 18 months of therapy before receiving gender treatments. As Trump continues to announce cabinet positions following his election victory, the attorney general pick could come at any time. Trump’s pick then must be confirmed by a majority of the Senate, which will be under Republican control beginning in January.

Ana Navarro argued on Tuesday that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was a solid choice to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State — but just a few months ago, she was singing a very different tune. Navarro joined her cohosts on ABC’s midday talk show “The View,” where they discussed the appointments Trump has made since winning both the Electoral College and the popular vote in last Tuesday’s election. Navarro suggested that despite her opposition to Trump, Rubio was at least a choice that she could get behind. Whoopi Goldberg opened the discussion with a clip of Rubio from the 2016 Republican primary — when the Florida senator had been campaigning against Trump for the GOP nomination — despite the fact that, in the years since, Rubio and Trump got past any differences and worked together during the first Trump administration. WATCH: Trump's appointments seem to be shutting up the doomsayers.Ana Navarro, who usually attacks and mocks Marco Rubio, does a 180 flip:"Marco is qualified. He's been on foreign relations in the senate for many years. I'm happy because he knows Latin America…" pic.twitter.com/EXLd5w8ixT — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 12, 2024 “I’ve known Marco Rubio for a very long time,” Navarro said. “He and I grew up in Republican politics in Miami together … He’s changed a lot, he probably thinks I have, too. But I will say this: Marco is qualified. He’s been on foreign relations in the Senate for many years. I’m happy because he knows Latin America, which for me, is a region that’s often forgotten. He speaks Spanish, he knows who these leaders are, he knows what the issues are.” “I think he’s gonna come in hot on places like Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, which I care about enormously,” said Navarro, whose parents fled Nicaragua when she was young, said that the appointment had surprised her. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Just five months earlier, Navarro had previously referenced the fact that she’d known Rubio for a long time — but at the time, she was not touting his qualifications so much as she was trashing him outright. Navarro made the comments for an episode of “Behind the Table” — the official podcast affiliated with “The View” — in support of her claim that he would not be Trump’s 2024 running mate. Besides the obvious complication of both living in Florida, Navarro explained, “Marco has embarrassed himself to such a point. I mean, he’s little in stature and little in principles.” Navarro went on to suggest he also wasn’t likely to appear as a guest on “The View” anytime soon, saying that he’d be wary of just how much she knew about him. “Maybe if he thinks it helps his chances to get into a fight with me and the other women on ‘The View,’ he would, but he knows I know where his skeletons are hidden,” she said. “I’ve known him since we were kids.”

Queen Camilla is finally speaking out after a chest infection kept her from her royal duties for a week. On November 5th, the palace shared that Camilla would not be making her scheduled appearances after her doctors “advised a short period of rest.” “She very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend’s Remembrance events as normal,” read a statement, per People. “She apologizes to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result.” The Queen, 77, was not able to attend the Remembrance events this past weekend as she had planned. However, she has returned to her duties as of November 12. Queen Camilla Will Slowly Return To Public Engagements As She Continues To Heal For her first royal engagement, Camilla attended a reception at Clarence House for The Booker Prize Foundation. In a video posted on X, she updated guests on her health. Queen Camilla told guests at a Booker Prize reception today: ‘I’m on the mend, these things always take a bit of time to get rid of… but hopefully I’m on the mend now.’ pic.twitter.com/geIkfjfJh8— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) November 12, 2024 “I’m obviously getting much better—bit of sort of coughing going on,” Queen Camilla said in a clip shared by Daily Mail royal correspondent Rebecca English. “I really wanted to come,” she continued. “I’m on the mend. These things always take a bit of time to get rid of. You think you got rid of it. They just sort of hang on for a bit.” While the Queen has been cleared to return to her duties, she is still being precautious. The Palace confirmed that she will not be attending the Gladiator II premiere with King Charles on November 13 as she had planned. This story’s featured image is by Sean Aidan Calderbank via Shutterstock. The post Queen Camilla Gives Health Update After Serious Illness Kept Her From Royal Duties appeared first on InspireMore.

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