"The succession question is actually a bit complicated. By default, under an obscure statute known as the the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Brand’s temporary successor as the “acting” associate attorney general is her principal deputy, Jesse Panuccio. That same statute would also allow the president to choose someone else to serve as the “acting” AAG on a temporary basis for up to 210 days; the pool of individuals from which the president could draw in this case includes individuals already holding Senate-confirmed positions elsewhere in the executive branch (like EPA administrator Scott Pruitt) or senior civil service lawyers in the Justice Department, specifically."
>> Next AAG = DOJ senior executive OR either Senate-confirmed individual
"Acting"
https://www.justice.gov/asg📁
>> this guy is currently acting as AAG
When does the clock run out?
>> Whenever POTUS says so
Why is Schneiderman's removal 'extremely' relevant?
>> He very dirty + had power
TRUST (name).
>> Person already holding a Senate-confirmed position
LAST2018-05-17 Central Intelligence Agency: Gina Haspel, of Kentucky, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
2018-03-22 International Monetary Fund: Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the African Development Bank, United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, and United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years.
2018-02-15 Department of Homeland Security: John Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
2017-02-17 Environmental Protection Agency: Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
2017-02-16 Executive Office of the President: Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
2017-02-13 Department of the Treasury: Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
2017-02-08 Department of Justice Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General.
2017-02-07 Department of Education Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education.
2017-02-01 Department of State Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State.
2017-01-24 Department of State: Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.
2017-01-23 Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
2017-01-20 Department of Defense James Mattis, of Washington, to be Secretary of Defense.
FIRST2017-01-20 Department of Homeland Security John F. Kelly, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
>>Complete list: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nom_confc.htm