{"id":1292363,"date":"2018-12-07T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1292363"},"modified":"2018-12-08T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T06:27:14","slug":"trump-nominates-william-barr-to-be-his-next-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2018\/12\/trump-nominates-william-barr-to-be-his-next-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates William Barr to be his next attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump has decided to nominate former Attorney General William Barr to be the next permanent head of the Justice Department.<\/b>
\n\u00ab\u00a0I want to confirm that Bill Barr, one of the most respected jurists in the country, highly respected lawyer, former attorney general under the Bush administration, a terrific man, a terrific person, a brilliant man,\u00a0\u00bb Trump said as he departed the White House. \u00ab\u00a0I did not know him until recently when I went through the process of looking at people and he was my first choice from day one, respected by Republicans and respected by Democrats.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n