attorney general

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By then the three-term attorney general had won statewide re-election twice, in 2018 and 2022, after having been indicted in 2015, his first year in office, for securities fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

At the time, Todd Blanche still headed the office, before assuming the role of acting attorney general in April.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Becerra helped craft the Affordable Care Act in Congress and defended it as attorney general, and Joe Biden nominated him to serve as Health and Human Services secretary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In his first interview with BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking, the attorney general said people had always underestimated the prime minister.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“Bill Baxley, Alabama’s attorney general, reopened the case, and Chambliss’s own niece is testifying against him. He’s the first of the bombers to come to trial.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry