--- title: Donald Trump Picks Trio of Loyal Backers in Administration Hiring Spree description: The President-elect has made a start at staffing his administration, offering Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama the position of Attorney General canonical: https://time.com/4576202/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-attorney-general/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-18T12:37:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T15:44:37.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Picks Trio of Loyal Backers in Administration Hiring Spree og:description: The President-elect has made a start at staffing his administration, offering Sen. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=b4e48f3d-c49c-4e03-9be9-d7e2be35841d&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/) and [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:44 PM UTCPublished: Nov 18, 2016 12:37 PM UTC  U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, an advisor to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Nov. 17, 2016. U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, an advisor to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Nov. 17, 2016. Mike Segar—Reuters by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/) and [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:44 PM UTCPublished: Nov 18, 2016 12:37 PM UTC Donald Trump has gone on a hiring spree, his team announced Friday morning, after a week of reports his presidential transition was in disarray. Trump offered Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions the job of attorney general, Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn national security adviser and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo CIA Director. All three have accepted the positions. Sen. Sessions has been a close ally of Trump’s since February, when he became the [first sitting senator to endorse](http://time.com/4240650/alabamas-jeff-sessions-senator-endorse-trump/?iid=sr-link1) the then-candidate. He’s a lawyer known for his hardline stance on immigration, which puts him in harmony with many of Trump’s views on the topic. In a press release, Trump called Sessions a “world-class legal mind” and said he is “greatly admired by legal scholars and virtually everyone who knows him.” Sessions would need to be confirmed by the Senate for the Attorney General post. While sitting senators are generally afforded swift confirmation hearings, Sessions brings unique baggage to the role of Attorney General, which oversees Justice Department efforts to ensure the protection of civil rights. Sessions’s nomination by President Ronald Reagan to be a federal district judge in Alabama was rejected on a bipartisan basis by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 over concerns he made racially-charged statements while a U.S. Attorney. Sessions denied that he made the comments at the time. “With the support of my Senate colleagues, I will give all my strength to advance the Department \[of Justice\]’s highest ideals,” Sessions said in the press release, accepting the nomination. Flynn marks another tap by Trump out of his close circle of loyal campaign advisers. As national security adviser, which is not a Senate-confirmed position, Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama, will have the new president’s ear on the country’s military and foreign policy efforts. Flynn is one of the “foremost experts on military and intelligence matters and he will be an invaluable asset to me and my administration,” Trump said. Flynn had stark disagreements with the current administration and has a history of controversial comments about Muslim world. “Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL,” he tweeted in February. Flynn has also taken money from Russia Today, a state-backed television network aimed at influencing the West with Russia-friendly spin on the news. Pompeo, a Republican who represents the Kansas’ 4th District, is a member of the House Intelligence Committee, and was a member of the House Select Benghazi Committee. He endorsed Trump after first backing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, but his embrace of the President-elect was never enthusiastic. He will also need to be confirmed by the Senate. “He will be a brilliant and unrelenting leader for our intelligence community to ensure the safety of Americans and our allies,” Trump said. Trump’s presidential transition has been off to a rocky start, as TIME reports in this week’s magazine. **Read More**: [Inside Donald Trump’s Chaotic Transition](http://time.com/4574493/donald-trump-chaotic-transition/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4576202/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-attorney-general/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4576202/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-attorney-general/"},"headline":"Trump Picks Trio of Loyal Backers in Administration Hiring Spree","datePublished":"2016-11-18T12:37:48.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T15:44:37.000Z","description":"Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be named attorney general, Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn national security adviser and Kansas Rep. 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