Jones declined to discuss Biden's attorney general selection or the conversations he's had about the job while walking to Senate votes on Wednesday. Jim Cole, a former deputy attorney general, said knowledge of politics is "not always a complete disqualifier or a bad thing." "One of the things the attorney general has to deal with is politics," Cole said. It's not my Justice Department, it's the people's Justice Department." For weeks, a small group of advisers on Biden's transition team has been poring over Garland's rulings and statements.

Source: CNN December 17, 2020 01:41 UTC