The Republican lawmaker lambasted Barr, who previously served as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. “I’m disturbed that he’s been a big fan of taking people’s property ― civil asset forfeiture ― without a conviction,” Paul told NBC. Trump announced Friday that he planned to nominate Barr as attorney general after forcing Jeff Sessions out of the role last month. The president had named Sessions’ chief of staff Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general, though the appointment drew bipartisan backlash given Whitaker’s previous public remarks criticizing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Paul had also expressed concern over Trump’s nominations of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, though ultimately voted to confirm them.

Source: Huffington Post December 09, 2018 18:00 UTC