Noel Francisco, '96: Next In Line at the Department of Justice

Will This Man Save the Justice Department?

If Rod Rosenstein gets sacked over the Russian investigation, Noel Francisco is next in line. What he does next could rescue the Justice Department—or break it.

Noel Francisco, the U.S. solicitor general, loves cigars. So one day a few weeks into his time on the job—in the 80-year-old Justice Department headquarters in Washington—he stepped out onto the balcony outside his office, to smoke one. But when a Justice Department official spotted him smoking on the balcony, the official got a horrified look and frantically waved for Francisco to come back inside.

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