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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks during a news conference in Boston in 2014. (Josh Reynolds/AP)
President-elect Joe Biden could announce his pick for attorney general this week, and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is among the reported contenders.
If nominated, Patrick would confront some of the same challenges he faced when President Clinton tapped him to lead the Justice Department s civil rights division in the mid-1990s.
Tense Political Climate
To understand Patrick s history with the Justice Department, it helps to go back to Feb. 1, 1994, when Clinton convened a news conference at the White House. Today, I am proud to nominate Deval Patrick to be assistant attorney general for civil rights, Clinton said. I believe he is uniquely qualified to lead this division in this decade.