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Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Dec. 14, 2017

Harris is forming committee to evaluate Trump judge, U.S. attorney candidates

After months of inactivity, Senator Kamala Harris recently began forming a committee of California lawyers to evaluate candidates for judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies, according to several sources close to the nomination process.

Harris is forming committee to evaluate Trump judge, U.S. attorney candidates
Sources say Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, has started forming a committee to evaluate judicial and U.S. attorney candidates nearly a year into the nomination process. @DJ Caption: to evaluate candidates for judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies. She had not been doing so during the first months of President Donald J. Trump's tenure, sources said.

After months of inactivity, Sen. Kamala Harris recently began forming a committee of California lawyers to evaluate candidates for judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies, according to several sources close to the nomination process.

It remains unclear who Harris will interview or when the interviews will take place.

Sources familiar with the process said they understood Harris was to oversee vetting...

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