AG Bill Barr steps down Bill Barr U.S. Attorney General William Barr will resign office before Christmas, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet this afternoon.
Trump said the two had a very nice meeting and that their relationship has been a very good one.
Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will become acting attorney general, Trump said.
According to the Justice Department website, Barr received his A.B. in government from Columbia University in 1971 and his M.A. in government and Chinese studies in 1973. From 1973 to 1977, he served in the Central Intelligence Agency before receiving his J.D. with highest honors from George Washington University Law School in 1977.
Barr s exit leaves No. 2 Jeffrey Rosen running Trump s Justice Department
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When William Barr steps down, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen becomes the nation s top law enforcement officer for Donald Trump s final month in office. Rosen is shown on March 29, 2017, as Trump s deputy transportation secretary nominee during a Senate Transportation, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer
Attorney General William Barr s imminent departure will leave the Justice Department in the hands of his handpicked deputy, who could quickly find himself under pressure from Donald Trump to sustain his false claims of election fraud and pursue his political enemies.
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