President Donald Trump has matched the number of U.S. attorneys confirmed during former President Joe Biden’s first year in office, even as his administration has faced a string of high-profile defeats over controversial prosecutor appointments and clashes with the Senate over confirmation rules.

With the Senate’s approval of a year-end nominations package last week, lawmakers confirmed a total of 31 Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys in 2025, matching Biden’s first-year total. The figure undercuts concerns that Trump’s Justice Department has stalled, despite months of legal setbacks involving loyalist prosecutors installed outside the traditional Senate confirmation process.