The U.S attorney general William Barr has told congress that he will release by mid-April a redacted copy of the report by the special counsel Robert Muller into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said no candidate for the post of attorney general who wanted to stop the Russia inquiry would be confirmed by the Senate.
Isaac Toucey of Connecticut was given the job of Navy secretary. Toucey was a northerner. But he supported many policies of the South. Another northerner -- Jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania -- became attorney general.
And William Wirt of Maryland continued as attorney general. Adams thought he had chosen men who would represent the different interests of the different parts of the country.