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The attorney general is supported by the Office of the Attorney General, which includes executive staff and several deputy attorneys general. The attorney general is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule and thus earns the salary prescribed for that level: $250,600, as of January 2025.
Trump's initial choice for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was a political ally with limited legal experience, who was greeted with skepticism from even some Republicans.
Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3] Contract-service is where an attorney is contracted to work for a period of time. [3] These three forms are usually mixed and matched together in different ways in different states.
It was first headed by an assistant solicitor general. In 1951, attorney general J. Howard McGrath made it a division led by an assistant attorney, and named it the Executive Adjudications Division. This name was changed to Office of Legal Counsel in an administrative order by attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr., issued April 3, 1953. [2]
Spokespersons for special counsel Jack Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland declined ABC News' request for a comment. Trump co-defendants ask Judge Cannon to block release of special counsel ...
We have the right to an attorney, the right to trial by jury and the right against Double Jeopardy—not being tried twice for the same alleged offense, and the right to confront witnesses against ...
The office of the attorney general was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 as a part-time job for one person, but grew with the bureaucracy. At one time, the attorney general gave legal advice to the U.S. Congress, as well as the president; however, in 1819, the attorney general began advising Congress alone to ensure a manageable workload ...
Trump’s lawyers told Merchan before the trial that instead of a “formal” defense of “advice of counsel,” Trump wanted to use a different defense in which he would not waive attorney ...