Lisa Monaco would be an excellent choice for attorney geberal. Unlike Yates, she has not been on a lot of people's lists in rumoring about the role. It's good that she *is* apparently on Biden's list. She is diversely qualified. She is also a very serious person.
https://twitter.com/jenniferjjacobs/status/1330293258673676291
The reason, speaking candidly, that she has not been on my list is that I have assumed the incumbent president was going to fire Chris Wray and that Lisa would be a leading candidate for FBI Director. She would be excellent in either role.
Incidentally, the FBI Director role is a much harder one to fill than the attorney general. There are many fewer people qualified to do that job. Lisa is VERY well qualified that role. So if Biden expects Wray to be removed or expects to remove him, he might plausibly...
...save Lisa for that role.
I don't know how to game out that possibility because Trump could fire Wray tomorrow or not at all--and I don't know Biden's plans vis a vis Wray either.
But my bottom line is this: Lisa would be a first-rate candidate in either role.
But my bottom line is this: Lisa would be a first-rate candidate in either role.
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