Eight U.S. Attorneys Confirmed After Sen. Cotton Withdraws Hold

The Senate confirmed eight U.S. attorneys, including new chief prosecutors based in Atlanta and Cleveland, after a Republican lawmaker removed a months-long blockade preventing their quick approval.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) agreed Wednesday to allow a packaged vote on U.S. attorneys, a position that traditionally gains bipartisan approval but had been subject to delays over Cotton’s unrelated objections to the Justice Department’s handling of Black Lives Matter litigation.

The unanimous voice votes gave final confirmation to Ryan Buchanan to serve as U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Georgia, Marisa Darden in the Northern District of Ohio, Jason Frierson for ...