By Steve Neavling
President-elect Joe Biden will be responsible for choosing new leaders of the Justice Department and Homeland Security.
Who are the potential contenders? The New York Times takes a look at the possible picks.
Under President Trump, the Homeland Security Department has been a revolving door of leaders. Biden hopes to change that. One contender is Val Demings, a member of Congress from Florida and a former Orlando police chief with 27 years of experience in law enforcement.
Another potential pick is Alejandro Mayorkas a Cuban American lawyer who ran Citizenship and Immigration Services under President Obama.
A contender to replace Attorney General William Barr is Xavier Becerra, a former congressman and current California attorney general.
Another potential pick is Sen. Dough Jones, D-Alabama. He’s a former prosecutor and lost his bid for reelection to the Senate.
Biden also could choose Tom Prez, the Democratic Party chairman who previously served as secretary of labor and assistant attorney general for civil rights.
Former U.S. Attorney and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates under Obama is another possibility. President Trump fired her after she served 10 days as acting attorney general.
