US President Donald Trump described his Attorney General nominee William Barr as an “outstanding man,” when speaking at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas City on Friday.
Trump said, “I was also thrilled to announce earlier today that I am nominating, as Matt said, William Barr to take the helm as our new attorney general. He is an outstanding man.”
He went on to say, “There’s no one more capable or more qualified for this role, he deserves overwhelming bipartisan support. I suspect he’ll probably get it.”
Barr had previously served as Attorney General during the administration of President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.
If the Senate confirms Barr’s nomination, he would take over leadership of the Justice Department from acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker.