Tom Fitton .... AG does not have to be a lawyer.
However, if the President picks someone that has proven to be very aggressive in their in their prosecutorial roles or in applying the laws fairly - not something the Dem AGs are capable of - then the FBI Agents on the protective detail will probably have to increase and go thru some extra special vetting process. Because if the next one starts dropping the hammer, who the hell knows what will happen.
The President is not one of these political, DC made, monsters that he fights with every day. If these people, once they’re seated in an interview room start talking about who they’re going to take down in the process, I’m sure the President and his new AG will just get more tape recorders and make some more room in the DC jail.
If that happens, the President should go down to Ft Bragg and find some of the most patriotic SOBs in Delta and give them the job of protecting the new AG.
No but the chances of the Senate confirming anyone who isn't either a lawyer or someone with considerable law enforcement experience lie somewhere between zilch and none.
Greg Jarrett.