JUST IN: Senate confirms Brian Benczkowski by vote of 51-48 to be the Assistant Attorney General and the new director for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) July 11, 2018

Zero criminal law experience prosecuting cases. Unprecedented appointment to this post? https://t.co/8qPN0Ed7Ak

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 11, 2018

A pilot who’s never flown a plane before or a surgeon who’s never done a surgery … what could go wrong? https://t.co/JtINKUkUiU

— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) July 12, 2018