The previous president appointed Loretta Lynch as AG, who made a name for herself with civil asset forfeiture. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/01/loretta-lynch-ci

The previous president appointed Loretta Lynch as AG, who made a name for herself with civil asset forfeiture. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/01/loretta-lynch-civil-forfeiture-hirsch/ http://www.rawstory.com/2015/01/loretta-lynch-civil-forfeitu... If he didn't want this sort of nonsense to be a front and center policy of the DOJ, then he would have appointed someone else. What about Jeff Sessions? Policy wise, he's also a supporter of this policy, although he doesn't have the proven track record of using it as a tool like Lynch did. Maybe there's a small ray of hope there, but I doubt it.