House panel advances bill on temporary US attorneys
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A sharply divided House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would greatly expand an administration’s ability to install hand-picked officials for top prosecutor roles.
The panel, in a 12-11 party-line vote, approved legislation that would strip district court judges of their power to appoint temporary U.S. attorneys in certain circumstances, as some courts have sought to do during the second Trump administration.
Under current federal law about vacancies, the attorney general
The panel, in a 12-11 party-line vote, approved legislation that would strip district court judges of their power to appoint temporary U.S. attorneys in certain circumstances, as some courts have sought to do during the second Trump administration.
Under current federal law about vacancies, the attorney general
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