Bales Nominated for Full Term as U.S. Attorney
Posted/updated on: June 30, 2011 at 2:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated four U.S. attorneys to serve as lead Justice Department prosecutors in each of the four federal judicial districts in Texas. The president nominated interim U.S. Attorney John Bales of the Eastern District of Texas to a full term in that position. Bales is a former FBI agent who has been a federal prosecutor since 1989 and was head of the Eastern District’s criminal division before his promotion in 2009.
Also nominated are Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District for the district’s top job, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Ruth Saldana of the Northern District to that district’s top job, and U.S. Magistrate Robert Pitman of the Northern District for the top Western District job.
The nominations are subject to Senate confirmation.
