Trump Administration Sidelines Effort to Appoint Justice Department No. 3
Early potential candidates said they weren’t interested in the position, which would oversee the Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein were to depart
By Sadie Gurman and Aruna Viswanatha
June 5, 2018 10:19 a.m. ET
The Trump administration has put its search for the Justice Department’s No. 3 official on the back burner after failing to persuade several early candidates to take the challenging position, according to people familiar with the matter.