Short list for high-profile U.S. attorney jobs in New York City

Some of the people being talked about as candidates include the son of a former U.S. attorney general, a former Fox News legal analyst and a prosecutor who had a chance to go after the head of the International Monetary Fund but declined.

Whoever is chosen by the White House to become the U.S. attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn will be inheriting a number of high-profile, potentially politically fraught investigations and prosecutions that were previously being overseen by prosecutors appointed by former President Barack Obama who were abruptly dismissed last week.

"I assume everything's going to be expedited," said U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican involved in helping draft lists of recommended candidates.


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