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Chief of Staff to the Attorney General (2017–2018) Iowa: November 7, 2018 February 14, 2019 85: William Barr 2nd term: 77th United States Attorney General (1991–1993) United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991) United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (1989–1990) Virginia: February 14, 2019 December ...
In Puerto Rico, the attorney general is officially called the secretary of justice, but is commonly known as the Puerto Rico attorney general. [ 4 ] Many states have passed term limits limiting the selection to 2 consecutive terms (9 states); 2 terms maximum (4 states), but 33 states have no term limits.
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 ...
Donald Trump's short list for attorney general includes current U.S. senators, former White House officials and a state attorney general who took the Biden administration to court.
Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history. She took office on January 3, 2011, and would be re-elected in 2014 to serve until she resigned on January 3, 2017, to take her seat in the United States Senate.
“You’re an environmental lawyer,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told Clark during an Oval Office showdown on Jan. 3, 2021. “How about you go back to your office, and we ...
The United States attorney general heads the United States Department of Justice in the United States federal government Wikimedia Commons has media related to Attorneys General of the United States .
"District of Columbia will have, in 2024, the least amount of total violent crime it has had in over 50 years," according to the Office of the Attorney General. Graves' office implemented a ...