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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party , he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in ...
On August 26, 2007, Gonzales submitted his resignation as attorney general with an effective date of September 17, 2007. [6] In a statement on August 27, Gonzales thanked the President for the opportunity to be of service to his country, giving no indication of either the reasons for his resignation or his future plans.
President Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General on February 1, 2017. [38] [39] He was one of the 46 United States Attorneys ordered on March 10, 2017, to resign by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined to accept his resignation. [40] Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2017, by a vote of 94–6 ...
For example, upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch left her position, so then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who had also tendered her resignation, was asked to stay on to serve as the acting attorney general until the confirmation of the new attorney general Jeff Sessions ...
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division: Eric Dreiband: October 12, 2018 January 8, 2021 [61] Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Chad Wolf: November 13, 2019 January 11, 2021 [62] Senior GOP aide on the House Armed Services Committee: Jason Schmid January 12, 2021 [63]
In his resignation statement, Capers wrote, "This afternoon, I was instructed to resign my position as United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, effective March 10, 2017. It has been my greatest honor to serve my country, New York City and the people of this district for almost 14 years, with the last 17 months serving as ...
A sexual harassment scandal arose during Dann's tenure as attorney general, eventually leading to his resignation. The investigation focused on allegations of sexual harassment filed by two women, Cindy Stankoski and Vanessa Stout , who worked in Dann’s office under the supervision of Anthony Gutierrez, Dann’s director of general services.
1898 – John W. Griggs, Governor of New Jersey (January 31), to accept appointment as U.S. Attorney General under President William McKinley 1898 – Theodore Roosevelt , Assistant Secretary of the Navy (May 10), to lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War .