‘Brutal’ DOJ Congressional Liaison Post to Get Filled by Biden

The White House is close to tapping Obama administration and Capitol Hill veteran Carlos Uriarte to fill one of Washington’s most thankless jobs: the Justice Department’s chief liaison with Capitol Hill.

Heading the DOJ’s Office of Legislative Affairs is considered a high-pressured, often soul-crushing job in any administration, as lawmakers invariably complain about unanswered oversight requests while some department leaders circumvent it by coordinating with Congress on their own.

“Under the best of circumstances, where OLA leadership is an integrated part of the leadership team of the department, it’s a brutal function,” said Robert Raben, president of the consulting ...