{"id":2382656,"date":"2024-12-21T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-outlines-slate-of-appointments-less-than-a-month-from-inauguration-day-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T20:47:16","slug":"trump-outlines-slate-of-appointments-less-than-a-month-from-inauguration-day-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-outlines-slate-of-appointments-less-than-a-month-from-inauguration-day-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump outlines slate of appointments less than a month from Inauguration Day &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-outlines-slate-of-appointments-less-than-a-month-from-inauguration-day-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump recently announced three new appointments to his administration less than a month before \u200chis \u200binauguration \u200don January 20. The positions, which \u200ddo \u200cnot require Senate confirmation, include \u200bChief of Staff for the\u200c Department of Justice, Head of the Justice Department\u2019s Office of legal \u200cPolicy, and Federal\u2064 Railroads Administrator.\u200b These\u2063 appointees include Chad Mizelle, a former official at the Department of \u2062Homeland \u200cSecurity, who will\u200c serve as Chief of Staff at the DOJ.Mizelle is expected\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">significantly influence immigration policies<\/a>, aligning with Trump&#8217;s campaign\u200c promises\u2062 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-border-legislation-a-death-wish-for-republicans\/\" title=\"Trump labels border legislation a GOP &#039;suicide mission\">stricter\u2063 immigration enforcement<\/a>. Another \u2063appointee, Aaron Reitz, will head the DOJ&#8217;s Office of Legal Policy. Trump&#8217;s cabinet picks \u200chave sparked\u200d considerable \u200bdebate, \u2063notably following \u2063the unsuccessful nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for \u2064Attorney General.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump outlines slate of appointments less than a month from Inauguration Day<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1916907\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced a slate of new appointees to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"administration\">administration<\/a> on Saturday, less than one month before he is to be sworn into office on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"January 20\">January 20<\/a> next year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The three posts announced on Saturday, including Chief of Staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Justice\">Department of Justice<\/a>, Head of the Justice Department&rsquo;s Office of Legal Policy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ederal Railroads Administrator\">Federal Railroads Administrator<\/a>, are not positions that require Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s cabinet picks have generated significant controversy and attention ahead of his inauguration, including the failed nomination of former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Matt Gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) to Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything to know about the three new picks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3187727\/biden-mishandling-classified-documents-presidential-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LOOMS OVER PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chad Mizelle: DOJ Chief of Staff<\/h2>\n<p>Mizelle was the former General Counsel and Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration. Prior to that, Mizelle was a leading lawyer at the international law firm Jones Day, focusing on governmental regulation and national security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the announcement of Mizelle&rsquo;s new position, Trump said on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113692114463534901?_nlid=qmKgcrCYvD&amp;_nhids=En21sQgqgE\">social media<\/a> that Mizelle in his first administration &ldquo;helped to secure our Border, and stop the flow of illegal drugs and aliens into our Country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chad is a MAGA warrior, who will help bring accountability, integrity, and Justice back to the DOJ,&rdquo; said Trump in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<p>Mizelle is an ally of Trump&rsquo;s immigration advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/06\/congress\/bondis-transition-team-00193071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stephen Miller<\/a>, who has been a staunch advocate of intensifying immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ will be pivotal to Trump&rsquo;s campaign promise of mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Changes at the DOJ will also be necessary to unclog the backup of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-sec-mayorkas-to-illegals-do-not-come-now-give-us-time-to-rebuild-the-system\/\" title=\"DHS Sec Mayorkas To Illegals: \u2018Do Not Come Now,\u2019 \u2018Give Us Time To Rebuild The System\u2019\">immigration courts<\/a> and sort through immigration-related crime cases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3246847\/my-word-as-biden-joe-damages-public-trust-hunter-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>&lsquo;MY WORD AS A BIDEN&rsquo;: JOE DAMAGES PUBLIC TRUST WITH FLIP-FLOP HUNTER PARDON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was reported this month that Mizelle was helping Trump&rsquo;s AG nominee Pam Bondi as she prepares for her Senate confirmation hearing, slated to happen soon after the inauguration, possibly by late January or early February.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aaron Reitz: DOJ Office of Legal Policy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fedsoc.org\/contributors\/aaron-reitz\">Reitz<\/a> is currently the chief of staff to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and previously served as Texas Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy under Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/olp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOJ Office of Legal Policy<\/a>, or OLP, is responsible for developing the Department&rsquo;s policy initiatives, coordinating between the DOJ and other executive branch agencies.<\/p>\n<p>OLP also assists the Attorney General with recommending candidates for federal judgeships and coordinating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-jackson-prepped-for-her-hearings-by-a-former-demand-justice-member-denies-relationship-to-dark-money-groups-pushing-her-scotus-nomination\/\" title=\"Judge Jackson, Prepped For Her Hearings By A Former Demand Justice Member, Denies Relationship To Dark Money Groups Pushing Her SCOTUS Nomination\">judicial nomination process<\/a> between the White House and the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Reitz has a relatively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-files-100m-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-niece-over-leaked-tax-records\/\" title=\"Trump Files 0M Lawsuit Against The New York Times, Niece Over Leaked Tax Records\">low public profile<\/a> but has been known to support the strategy of so-called lawfare, a term used to describe the use of the justice system to achieve political goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-potential-lawyers.html\"> podcast <\/a>in 2021, Reitz said that in Paxton&rsquo;s Department of Justice, &ldquo;our soldiers are lawyers and our weapons are lawsuits and our tactic is lawfare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3253109\/republicans-clash-trump-2025-budget-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>REPUBLICANS CLASH OVER HOW TO PASS TRUMP 2025 AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that the time is over for &ldquo;the sort of hyper-caution&rdquo; characteristic of the pre-Trump Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aaron will lead OLP to develop and implement DOJ&rsquo;s battle plans to advance my Law and Order Agenda, and restore integrity to our Justice System,&rdquo; said Trump in his announcement of the nomination.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Fink: Administrator of&nbsp; the Federal Railroad Administration<\/h2>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s announcement of David Fink says that he is &ldquo;a fifth generation Railroader&rdquo; with more than 45 years of experience in &ldquo;transportation leadership and success, which will deliver the FRA into a new era of safety and technological innovation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under David&rsquo;s guidance, the Federal Railroad Administration will be GREAT again,&rdquo; said Trump on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113692283425032203\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Railroad Administration, an agency under the Department of Transportation, promotes safety, reliability and efficiency of rail transportation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The role may be of heightened importance in the new Trump administration following several high-profile train accidents in recent years, including the toxic chemical train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, which became a central portion of the early Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/204569\/rail-accidents-in-the-us\/#:~:text=Published%20by%20Statista%20Research%20Department,accidents%20above%20pre%2Dpandemic%20levels.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">995<\/a> rail fatalities in the U.S. and approximately 6,700 non-fatal railroad injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1916907\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1916907\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump announces new appointees ahead of Inauguration Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2382657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trump-dance.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21068,45689,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2382656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appointments","tag-inauguration-day","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trump-dance.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382660,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382656\/revisions\/2382660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}