Talk:List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump

Term start vs. Senate confirmation

It appears that this article still shows only the Senate confirmation date, rather than the date when the actually assumed their offices. While I don't have the time to do this, it should e changed, just like it was for the main Political appointments by Donald Trump article. --1990'sguy (talk) 19:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. I'll try to get started on that. Marquardtika (talk) 23:05, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

A question about John W. Huber. He looks to be the only hold over U.S. Attorney from the Obama administration. I see that he was initially sworn into office in June 2015. He resigned earlier in 2017 at the request of Trump administration, but then was appointed acting U.S. Attorney before being nominated and confirmed to an additional term as U.S. Attorney. Does anyone know if he was sworn into office again after the August 2017 confirmation? I can't find anything on it. I'm not sure if you have to do the swearing-in again if you've been in the office already on an acting basis. I just made a note on this page saying he was sworn in in June 2015 and reconfirmed in August 2017. I thought it would be confusing to just list June 2015 as swearing in date since the title of the article is U.S. Attorneys appointed by Trump and obviously Trump wasn't president in June 2015. Marquardtika (talk) 23:29, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Pic's to be added

Here is all the Pictures I found for this page

David C. Weiss: https://www.justice.gov/usao-de/meet-us-attorney

DUANE “DAK” KEES: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/meet-us-attorney

Charles E. Peeler: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/meet-us-attorney

Bart M. Davis: https://www.justice.gov/usao-id/meet-us-attorney

William C. Lamar: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/Lamar

Scott W. Brady: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/meet-us-attorney

J. Douglas Overbey: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtn/meet-us-attorney

Michael B. Stuart: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/meet-us-attorney

Scott C. Blader: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/meet-us-attorney

Thanks:96.36.68.29 (talk) 18:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Boy when was the last time someone put pictures on here? Mark A. Klaassen: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wy/meet-us-attorney

David J. Freed: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/Freed

Richard W. Moore: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/RichardMoore

Louis V. Franklin, Sr.: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/Franklin

Peter E. Deegan, Jr.: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/Deegan

Stephen R. McAllister: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/McAllister

R. Andrew Murray: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/meet-us-attorney

Donald Q. Cochran: https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/Cochran

Erin Nealy Cox: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/meet-us-attorney

That's all that I can find.96.36.68.29 (talk) 23:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

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Sherri Lydon

With her confirmation as a judge, was her stint as a U.S. Attorney terminated? Or does that not officially happen until she receives commission? This article refers to her as a "former U.S. Attorney" but I'm not sure if that's official yet, or when the date of termination of service would be. Marquardtika (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Former U.S. Attorneys

I have an "I'm just curious" type question. Should we include former U.S. Attorneys appointed by Trump who are no longer in office? I mean they were initially appointed by him so... All I'm seeing in the table are those who are currently in office or in an interm basis. Former ones that come to mind are Sherri Lydon (now a federal judge), Jessie Liu (resigned), and Duane Kees (returned to private practice) I'm only asking cause there's also the dark grey color blocking that's noted to signify former attorneys but it's not used anywhere. What say you? Just curious. Tagging top 9 editors: Marquardtika, JocularJellyfish, Corkythehornetfan, RandomUserGuy1738, Hnic52, Blakebs, LacrimosaDiesIlla, 1990'sguy, Dlambe3 Snickers2686 (talk) 17:32, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I would say yes, because pages like these are historical in nature (regardless of whether it's 5 months or 4 years, Trump won't be in office, and a page like this will have to give a holistic/historical view of his appointments as president rather than focus on a certain point in his presidency). The problem I have with the Political appointments by Donald Trump article is that it doesn't list former appointees, and something will have to change on that article once Trump's presidency ends. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:00, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Neither of these policies are directly what I'm trying to refer to, but WP:NOTNEWSPAPER and WP:NOTDIRECTORY might be relevant, to an extent. I think the article itself is inherently notable, but deleting former appointees goes against the principle of enduring notability. People like Timothy Shea, John Durham (after his term ends), or Jay Town are still notable as Trump administration U.S. Attorney appointees even after they leave office. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:11, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I think confirmed attorneys should remain even after leaving office. I’m not sure about interim appointments though. I think that they have been being removed as they’ve left office, and that should probably continue. But I don’t think that acting attorneys like Audrey Strauss who were not appointed should be on the list at all. Dlambe3 (talk) 21:29, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Dlambe3: You make good points, but I think some interim U.S. Attorneys (such as Timothy Shea) were very notable as U.S. Attorneys in the Trump administration's history, and they should be included as a result. --1990'sguy (talk) 00:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Just saw this thread. I have always been in favor of keeping former officeholders on all of the Trump appointments pages, but there were some very aggressive editors around several years ago who insisted on deleting them and moving them somewhere else (I think there was at the time, maybe it still exists, a page for former Trump appointees), and as I recall they really weren't up for discussion on the point. LacrimosaDiesIlla (talk) 14:54, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Tom Leonard?

What's up with the Tom Leonard nomination? Looks like it was blocked? Congress.gov is showing that it was returned in January and he doesn't seem to have been renominated. So the nomination is dead, right? Marquardtika (talk) 14:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

If that's the case, then his nomination is dead. Also, I couldn't find him on the U.S. Senate nominations page. His article should be updated to show that Michigan Democrats blocked his nomination. --1990'sguy (talk) 12:02, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that's what I thought. Marquardtika (talk) 03:05, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 27 December 2021

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List of United States Attorneys appointed by Donald Trump → List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump – Per MOS:JOBTITLES, here 'United States attorney' acts as the name of an office, not as a title, so it should not be capitalized. Frenzie23 (talk) 14:11, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

• Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. United States Attorney is a proper noun. It is a specific title of a specific officer of government. If we want generic lower case, it would be List of federal attorneys appointed by Donald Trump. WP:CONSISTENT with United States Attorney. - Station1 (talk) 06:17, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
• Support: It should not be capitalised when plural (per kings of France example at MOS:JOBTITLES). Cinderella157 (talk) 00:27, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

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