To me it's pretty clear that the attorney general is a principle officer and should be Senate confirmed.
Jim Himes: “To me it's pretty clear that the attorney general is a principle officer and should be Senate confirmed.”
On the recordNovember 18, 2018
Source
transcripts.cnn.comEditor's note · Context
Jim Himes argues that the acting Attorney General should be confirmed by the Senate.
Share
More from Jim Himes
Sep 30, 2026
These last two years have been just a cesspool of coercion. I’m not prepared to say that I know that there’s illegal activity here that will result in the revocation of contracts, but I do know that there’s all kinds of dirty conflicts of…
Jul 19, 2026
What worries me most about that is not that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are being kicked out of the Senate.
Jul 19, 2026
What is devastating is that a United States senator, and maybe more than one United States senator, would effectively tee up a coup d’état, right?
Jul 19, 2026
What you have is somebody who is so demented that they are either wittingly or unwittingly participating in a coup d’état.





