Thompson Nominates US Attorneys

According to the Sun Herald, Bennie Thompson has submitted his picks for US Attorney. Travis Childers says he made a recommendation as well. Gene Taylor did not make any recommendations even for South Mississippi.

The Sun Herald - Nominations for state attorney posts under way

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson’s office has made nominations for U.S. attorney positions in Mississippi and awaits action from President Barack Obama, who must fill a large number of open slots.

Currently, none of the rumored candidates for the Southern District is from South Mississippi. The appointments of the prosecutors, which the president makes and the Senate confirms, only began within the last few weeks.

Thompson, who is close to Obama and endorsed his candidacy, is making most of the nominations for Mississippi.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers’ office confirmed he has also made a recommendation, but declined to discuss the details.

U.S. Rep Gene Taylor has not made any recommendations.

Thompson’s office wouldn’t provide any details of who was recommended. The recommendations were made to the president between January and March. For now, they wait on word from Washington, where those recommendations are being vetted.

“We are just waiting on the administration to fully vet whatever candidates (Obama) is considering and we’ll know something when they say something,” said Lanier Avant, Thompson’s chief of staff. “We are very early in the process. Historically you will see that it takes a few months for all these appointments to be made, not just in judiciary but in other parts of the government.”