Some of Trump’s loyalty-first picks for prosecutors draw opposition from senators who can block them
May 24, 2025
Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital. But Trump is facing similar headwinds with some of his picks for U.S. attorneys elsewhere. The Republican president has put a premium on loyalty as he staffs his administration, and that can be seen as he works to name the 93 U.S. attorneys across the country. Some picks have drawn Senate pushback because of their politics and, in certain cases, lack of robust legal experience. Even though Democrats are in the minority in the Senate, they have considerable power to block Trump’s U.S. attorney nominees.
