te scrutiny, after Democrats stymied some of the Trump administration's more controversial picks. While the Senate confirmation process is intended to vet candidates for these high profile jobs, many of Trump's picks have sidestepped that process.

Reitz was previously nominated and approved by the Senate for a post in the Trump White House, as director of the Office of Legal Policy, in March 2025. He was approved on a 52-46 vote with no support from Democrats. After the vote, Rep. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, called Reitz a  danger to the rule of law,  a tagline Reitz touted proudly during his attorney general campaign.

Republicans still hold a narrow majority in the Senate, but the numbers grow ever tighter, especially with some exiting members of the party flexing their frustrations with the president, and others out with health crises.