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William Barr confirmed as next U.S. attorney general | CBC News



The U.S. Senate has confirmed William Barr as attorney general, placing the veteran government official and lawyer atop the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The Republican-led Senate voted 54-45 to confirm Barr. The vote fell mostly along party lines with the exception of Republican Rand Paul (against), and Democrats Joe Manchin, Doug Jones and Kyrsten Sinema in favour.

Barr previously served as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 in the administration of George H.W. Bush. He will succeed Jeff Sessions, who was pushed out by Donald Trump last year. The president was angry with Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation.

As the country’s chief law enforcement officer, Barr will oversee the remaining work in Mueller’s investigation of potential co-ordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.

Concerns about potential Mueller report

Barr pledged to allow Mueller to complete his work, but Democrats largely voted against the nominee. They said they were concerned about his non-committal stance on making Mueller’s report public.

Some pro-choice Democrats also were concerned about statements he made in the early 1990s that the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling did not have “constitutional underpinnings.”

The talk around Washington these days, is that the Mueller investigation is winding down. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into whether there was collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election has dominated the headlines since 2017. Nobody knows for sure when it will wrap. But we do know that this story has taken a long and winding road. Today on Front Burner, CBC Washington correspondent Keith Boag breaks down the most essential elements of the saga. 24:27

Trump’s cabinet has seen significant turnover, but Barr said in his testimony he wouldn’t be “bullied” into acting contrary to the law.

Since Sessions was fired, his former chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, a controversial choice, has been serving as acting attorney general.

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