Trump nominates William Barr as new US attorney general

US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated William Barr as his new attorney general, replacing Jeff Sessions with the prominent conservative lawyer who will take charge of the sensitive probe into the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential polls. Barr, 68, served as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 during the administration of President George H W Bush. He will replace Sessions who was fired by Trump last month. Currently, Barr is counsel at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm in Washington DC.