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William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the first administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020.
The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general acts as the principal legal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters.
Attorney General: January 30, 2017 February 9, 2017 Deputy Attorney General: February 9, 2017 April 25, 2017 Rod Rosenstein: April 26, 2017 May 11, 2019 Despite numerous reports of his resignation or firing, he lasted through the release of the Mueller Report and the appointments of AG Barr and DAG Rosen. Assistant Attorney General (Civil ...
Going down the list of attorneys general before Barr, you will see people with extensive legal experience, including former prosecutors, Justice Department officials, judges, and state attorneys ...
On December 7, 2018, Trump nominated William Barr for Attorney General. [4] ... Minnesota from 1995 to 2001, before moving back to Iowa. [3] [25]
Former Attorney General William P. Barr has a memoir coming out March 8 titled “One Damn Thing After Another,” and billed by his publisher as a “vivid and forthright book” of his time ...
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt.
PHOTO: Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Oversight Committee July 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. (Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images, FILE)