Cybersecurity
California’s Attorney General Pick Seen as Foil in Trump Era
- Governor Brown selects Clinton ally to succeed Kamala Harris
- High-profile role on collision course with Trump White House
Representative Xavier Becerra, a Democrat from California, speaks during an interview in Washington on May 21, 2015.
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Longtime Los Angeles lawmaker Xavier Becerra, a Hillary Clinton ally who might have been in her cabinet if she had become president, was named as California’s attorney general, a post that may put him in sharp conflict with the incoming Trump administration.
Becerra will succeed Attorney General Kamala Harris, whose election to the U.S. Senate last month after five years as the state’s top prosecutor gave Democratic Governor Jerry Brown a rare opportunity to hand-pick the most populous state’s top lawyer.