Kansas’ Kris Kobach, immigration hardliner, could be Trump’s attorney general

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Kansas’ Kris Kobach, immigration hardliner, could be Trump’s attorney general

David Zalubowski AP
BY VERA BERGENGRUEN, BRYAN LOWRY AND ANITA KUMAR
McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON
Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state whose hardline immigration stance has caught the attention of President-elect Donald Trump, could be a candidate for attorney general.

Kobach, already a member of Trump’s transition team, advised Trump on immigration policy, one of the Republican’s top priorities, throughout the campaign and added Trump’s promise to build a wall along the Southern border to the Republican Party’s national platform.

Other candidates who may be considered for the position include Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani told a gathering of CEOs Monday that he “won’t be attorney general” and on Tuesday, it was reported that Giuliani was a favorite to head the State Department.

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