Trump considering 'shocking pick' for DOJ and other top jobs if re-elected: sources

Donald Trump is already assembling a shortlist of loyalists for the most powerful jobs in government if he's re-elected to a second term. Carlson, for his part, recommends Miller, the former senior White House adviser who now heads the America First legal nonprofit, for attorney general, while Donald Trump Jr. has pushed for former Senate Judiciary staffer Mike Davis – who has promised a "three-week reign of terror" if chosen – as interim attorney general. Attorney general is where Trump is "most likely to make a shocking pick," said a source close to the Trump campaign, who said that would send a message: "You want to weaponize DOJ, motherf*cker?'" Kushner has continued speaking to world leaders with Trump's authority since leaving the White House, so he would be considered for secretary of state, but Richard Grenell, his former ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence, is also on the short list to lead the State Department despite infuriating European diplomats during his time in Berlin. While many of these loyalists would face difficulty winning confirmation, Trump started installing "acting" Cabinet secretaries, who don't have full authority without Senate approval, in the final days of his first presidency, and he'll likely use that practice to get around constitutional rules on advice and consent.