NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump began on Monday [6-12-17] to nominate replacements for dozens of United States attorneys whom he fired shortly after taking office, sending eight names to the Senate for confirmation as chief federal prosecutors in their regions.
Mr. Trump purged most of the nation’s top federal prosecutors in March, demanding their immediate resignations to ensure what an administration spokeswoman at the time called ‘a uniform transition.’…
Mr. Trump has been under fire for months for leaving open scores of critical positions in his administration. Critics have said that the absence of permanent, Senate-confirmed officials in leadership posts has hampered decision-making across the government…
In recent days, however, the White House has accelerated the pace of nominations. On June 7, Mr. Trump nominated 12 people to a variety of positions, including circuit court judges, district court judges and a deputy secretary of defense.
A day earlier, Mr. Trump named 17 political appointees to top leadership roles at numerous federal departments, including the Departments of Education, Justice, Transportation, Defense and Health and Human Services.
The vacancies among the 93 United States attorney offices were some of the most glaring, however.”
-Michael D. Shear, “Months After Firing U.S. Attorneys, Trump Nominates Replacements,” The New York Times online, June 12, 2017