Janet Reno

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The New York Times

P.S. The Senate confirmed Janet Reno as the nations first female attorney general 28 years ago today. The Timess story quoted a certain Delaware senator praising her: President Clinton albeit not the first time at bat has hit a home run.

William Barr To Play Key Role In Mueller Report Aftermath

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NPR

As president, Bill Clinton had one attorney general, Janet Reno, for all eight of his years in office. But Reno was often remarkably independent, not least in appointing a special counsel in 1994 to investigate Clinton's real estate deals in Arkansas. Her first appointee found little to prosecute, b

A Month After Dismissing Federal Prosecutors, Justice Department Does Not Have Any Us Attorneys In Place

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Washington Post

es take some months and has traditionally. Sessions himself was asked to resign as the U.S. attorney for Alabama in March 1993 by President Bill Clintons attorney general, Janet Reno, who, like Sessions, asked all her U.S. attorneys to resign and didnt begin replacing them for a few months.

Now-Fired Preet Bharara Proud Of 'Absolute Independence'

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U.S.

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Washington Post

While it is customary for a new president to replace virtually all of the 93 U.S. attorneys, it often occurs at a slower pace. Sessions lost his position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama in a similar sweep by then-Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993.