In the News Groups urge greater oversight of US Attorney nominees
Civil rights groups are urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to exercise greater oversight of United States Attorney nominees.
Their letter, sent Tuesday and signed by the American Conservative Union Foundation, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Right on Crime Coalition and R Street Institute, comes less than a month after the Trump administration dismissed 46 U.S. attorneys.
U.S. attorneys make up the 93 positions nationwide. After they are nominated by President Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee must consider them and make recommendations to the full Senate about confirmation.
