Who should the next AG be? DU members are much smarter than me

[Tribetime]

Just curious is there a favorite

[elleng]

1. Sally Yates

[MANative]

2. Sally Yates would be my top pick

I'd be happy with any number of Joe's great options for this role, though. There's a very deep bench.

[leftieNanner]

3. Preet Bharara

[SheltieLover]

4. Schiff!

He did great with imeachment!

[PatSeg]

9. Oh, I think Schiff

would be great, but I want to keep him in congress. He could be the next Speaker of the House. He is such a powerful voice in congress and there is still so much work yet to be done.

[SheltieLover]

11. True

I just want a dilgent bulldog!

[PatSeg]

14. Same here

And at least we have plenty of really good ones to choose from. Actually I think there are plenty who have been waiting to sink their claws into this corrupt monster. I may need to stock up on popcorn!

[SheltieLover]

26. Absolutely!

[Mike 03]

5. Adam Schiff (or Neal Katyal?)

Although someone here at DU made a good case for Neal Katyal. I thought that was a great idea.

Does anybody else like the idea of Neal Katyal?

Neal Kumar Katyal (born March 12, 1970) is an American lawyer and academic. He is a partner at Hogan Lovells and the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center.[2][3] During the Obama Administration, Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010[4] until June 2011. Previously, Katyal served as an attorney in the Solicitor General's office, and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the U.S. Justice Department.

Katyal has argued more Supreme Court cases than any other minority lawyer in American history.[5] He is a self-described "extremist centrist".[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Katyal

[PatSeg]

15. Oh yes, I love Katyal

As I just said above, we have so many good people to choose from.

[obamanut2012]

6. Sally Yates

[BlueLucy]

7. Preet Bharara

[Beaverhausen]

8. Doug Jones

[jojog]

10. Glenn Kirschner

[L.Pharmstrong]

12. Andrew Cuomo

We need a strong and aggressive AG that will independently go after Trump, the Trump Spawn, and the Trump minions.

[RealityCheque]

16. Complete agreement.

Of what we hear about the Southern District of New York direction after Trump is accurate, why not have state AND federal support to finish him, his family and minions off?

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. SDNY is federal, not state. Nt

[L.Pharmstrong]

22. That may be the point.

If Cuomo is AG, he will supervise the US Attorney for the SDNY. At the state level, NYAG Letisha James already has said she intends to go after Trump and the Trump Org. Cyrus Vance is the Manhattan DA, and he also is investigating Trump.

[RealityCheque]

27. Sorry for not clarifying

Yes. With Gov. Cuomo overseeing the SDNY... 😊 Prete Bahara was also part of the SDNY in his career.

[PatSeg]

17. Oh wow

I hadn't thought of Cuomo! Wouldn't that be incredible? He would be great as AG and he would undoubtedly take great pleasure in going after Trump and his accomplices.

[jcgoldie]

18. Would he take it?

Would love to get him at federal level but why would he leave New York? Seems a lot less certain long term unless he has presidential aspirations.

[L.Pharmstrong]

23. He says he's not interested.

But that means nothing. He has ambitions to be President and needs to garner national support.

[Polybius]

28. He's term-limited here anyway, so he can't run for governor again

Might be a great opportunity for him.

[Celerity]

33. New York has no term limits for Governor and Cuomo is running for his 4th term

Cuomo says he'll run for fourth term as NY governor

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445814-cuomo-says-hell-run-for-fourth-term-as-ny-governor

[RealityCheque]

13. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

[gopiscrap]

30. welcome to DU

[RealityCheque]

31. Thanks

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Yates, Bharara or Katayal nt

[LuckyCharms]

21. I would be very happy to see Andrew Cuomo, Sally Yates, Preet Bharara,

Neal Katyal, Adam Schiff in that order of preference. I don't know enough about Doug Jones to form an opinion. Adam Schiff is only listed last because I would like to see him remain in Congress.

[MissB]

24. An embarrassment of riches so to speak

So many good options.

[eissa]

25. Adam Schiff, Ted Lieu, Preet Bharara

Any one of them would be an excellent pick.

[Polybius]

29. Schiff would not get a single Republican vote though

We may or may not need one or two, depending on both GA Senate races. Bharara and Doug Jones would get some Republican votes.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

37. President Biden can appoint him acting AG, without confirmation by the

Senate. The Senate will not vote to confirm President Biden's nominees, choosing instead to further destroy the country in the same manner they are presently helping destroy the country by supporting Trump's continuing attempt to overthrow our democracy and the US Government.

So President Biden will first have to immediately fire all of Trump's criminal appointees, which President Biden has sole and full executive power to do, without any Senate interference.

The President can then immediately fill his administration with the acting officials of his choice, and the Senate can't do a damn thing about it.

[Polybius]

38. Biden won't do that though, he's not the type

I can almost guarantee he won't pick him in the first place.

[BGBD]

32. I love the idea of Merrick Garland

He cam up in the Justice Department, and in private practice. He has been an AUSA and served as a deputy assistant AG during the Clinton Admin. He would be a terrific AG AND give Biden a chance to appoint a much younger judge to DC.

[jmowreader]

34. Anyone who has a grade-A case of the ass at Trump would be fine

Three names I've heard repeatedly are Preet Bharara, Sally Yates and Adam Schiff. The first two were fired by Trump and Schiff was one of his impeachment managers. Of the three, Bharara seems to have the most experience in convicting white-collar criminals and organized crime figures. Since Trump is both, Bharara would be the best choice.

[JI7]

35. Doug Jones

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

36. Adam Schiff nt