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The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters.
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (pl.: attorneys general) [1] or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen [2]) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement , prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.
Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 86th United States attorney general since 2021. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.
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. [6] Until 1853, the salary of the attorney general was set by statute at less than the amount paid to other Cabinet members.
President-elect Trump announced his first post-election Cabinet nominee, Jeff Sessions for the role of United States Attorney General, on November 18, 2016. (Trump had earlier announced Mike Pence as his pick for vice-presidential running mate in July 2016, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the delegates to the Republican National ...
Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced on Wednesday that Chen Jinping pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of the government of China.
In some countries, the head of the department may be called the attorney general, for example in the United States. [3] Monaco is an example of a country that does not have a ministry of justice, but rather a Directorate of Judicial Services (head: Secretary of Justice) that oversees the administration of justice. [ 4 ]
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