In 2016, FLEOA endorsed the November 2016 announced nomination of Jeff Sessions as Trump's first Attorney General, highlighting their shared objection to "the mythology of sentencing reform". Sessions later rescinded the lenient sentencing reform put in place by Obama and AG Eric Holder. That same year, FLEOA denounced the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, rebuking White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, who called it a "local law enforcement matter". Adler stated "The illegal takeover of any federal property is a criminal act and all those involved should be arrested and federally prosecuted."