The United States Senate on July 20, confirmed NAFUSA life member Kenneth Polite to serve as the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. The vote was 56-44. He was nominated by President Biden on April 12, 2021. He served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2013 to 2017, having been appointed by President Obama. Most recently he was a partner at Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia.