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Last week, the White House announced a slate of nominations to fill roles in the Biden administration. Among them is attorney Neil MacBride, who has been tapped to be general counsel for the Treasury Department.
Right now, MacBride is a partner at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. He formerly served as Biden’s chief counsel on the Senate. Oh, and he once sued the very department he’ll be working in on behalf of energy giant Exxon. For an administration that has pushed a whole of government approach to tackle the climate crisis, it’s an odd choice.
The White House
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following seven individuals to serve in key roles:
Paloma Adams-Allen, Nominee for Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources, United States Agency for International Development
Isobel Coleman, Nominee for Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, United States Agency for International Development
Grant Harris, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, Department of Commerce
Neil MacBride, Nominee for General Counsel, Department of the Treasury
Caral Spangler, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), Department of Defense
Julieta Valls Noyes, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State
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Biden is expected to name Kenneth Polite to lead DOJ s criminal division, two sources said.
Polite is a former New Orleans federal prosecutor who served in the Obama administration.
DOJ s criminal division is responsible for the sex-trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz.
President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Kenneth Polite, a white-collar defense lawyer and former top federal prosecutor in New Orleans, to lead the Justice Department s criminal division, according to two people familiar with the pick.
If the Senate confirms Polite, he will be a Justice Department assistant attorney general supervising a broad enforcement portfolio covering everything from high-profile cases involving politicians to drug trafficking, financial crimes, and other corporate misconduct.