Post-midterm DOJ leadership shake-up continues
The live blog reports a post-election exodus at the Justice Department: civil division head Brett Shumate resigned, and a White House official says President Trump is actively considering nominating Office of Legal Counsel head T. Elliot Gaiser to a federal judgeship in North Texas. It also covers Democrat Scott Colom, who leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by nearly 2,600 votes in Mississippi and faults the Cook Political Report for rating his race "Likely R"; a BYOD ransomware attack on Vanderbilt University; Cranbury Township's reported $26 million theft; Teddy Riner's entry into France's presidential race; and Dan Patrick's push to strip powers from Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin.
