There’s more than 30 people in the DOJ that have been confirmed by the Senate.
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 allows the interim appointment of anyone from anywhere in the Executive who has been Senate-confirmed to any other job.
For how long. I’m thinking until the new Congress is seated so it would not be a long or medium solution.
If that was a possibility then you know that the DEMONS would nominate and confirm some nebish then have him quit replacing him with someone to the Left of Lenin who would not have had a chance at confirmation.