Report lays out list of contenders for second Trump administration’s 'most pivotal' role

31 October 2024

The person Donald Trump selects to step into the role of attorney general — if he wins the White House — will be crucial, considering the ex-president's vow to use the Department of Justice to get revenge on his enemies.

Politico on Thursday laid out a list of potential picks for the position, noting that "the vast majority of current senior DOJ officials would be nonstarters," as the GOP nominee and his allies "would not trust them to implement Trump’s radical vision for the department."

However, the news outlet notes, "there are a few lesser-known officials throughout the government who might pass Trump’s loyalty test and could also qualify under federal law" to become the MAGA leader's AG.

Politico notes:

It’s no surprise that GOP Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance recently declared that attorney general will be the most pivotal job in a second Trump term.

'The most important person in government, I think, after the president, for this cycle, is going to be the attorney general,' Vance declared during a recent campaign stop outside Atlanta. 'We really do have to clean house. … We need a strong, smart, courageous attorney general.'

"Andrew Ferguson, a Biden-appointed Republican trade commissioner who once clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas and is close with a key Trump adviser," is one contender, according to the report.

Another is "Curtis Gannon, a veteran Justice Department staffer whom Trump elevated to a different acting post during his first term," Politico reports, as well as "Prim Escalona, a little-known conservative federal prosecutor in Alabama, and Joseph Cuffari, a controversial and embattled inspector general Trump appointed six years ago who’s still on the job."

Politico's full report is available at this link.

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