Trump names H.W. Bush's attorney general Bill Barr to take the job a second time as he hands DOJ to 'respected jurist' who defended his decision to fire Comey (but has never been a judge)
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President Donald Trump told reporters Friday he was nominating Barr to be the next attorney general, a position that requires Senate confirmation
- Trump said he would nominate William Barr to succeed Jeff Sessions
- Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- He then installed Matt Whitaker as controversial caretaker
- WIlliam Barr held the position under President George H.W. Bush
- Trump called him 'one of the most respected jurists in the country'
- Democrats will want reassurances that Barr wouldn't shutter the Mueller probe
- Barr served with Mueller
- He also has said a Clinton matter deserves as much investigation as Russia probe
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President Donald Trump told reporters Friday he was nominating Barr to be the next attorney general, a position that requires Senate confirmation