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Since 1853, the responsibility of advising the president on pardon petitions has been assigned to the attorney general. Over time, various offices have supported this role in managing the clemency process, including the Office of the Pardon Clerk (1865–1870), the Office of the Attorney in Charge of Pardons (1891–1894).
Ronald L. Rodgers assumed duties as the Pardon Attorney in the United States Department of Justice in April 2008. The Office of the Pardon Attorney is responsible for reviewing and investigating applications to the President of the United States for executive clemency for federal criminal offenses, drafting the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney General to the President for the disposition ...
The White House General Counsel’s office, along with the Office of the Pardon Attorney of the Department of Justice, are sifting through how to make things happen.
Well, for more than 130 years, the office of Pardon attorney has investigated requests for pardons and advised the president, but the office emphatically points out that the president is the one ...
The Justice Department filed a motion Friday asking to lift the order imposed on commuted Jan. 6 defendants barring them from entering Washington, D.C., and the Capitol building. The order was ...
Assumed office Left office — Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust Division) Jonathan Kanter: November 16, 2021 (Confirmed November 16, 2021, 68–29) [RC 5] December 20, 2024 — Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights) Kristen Clarke: May 25, 2021 [5] (Confirmed May 25, 2021, 51–48) [RC 6] — — Assistant Attorney General (Criminal ...
The Assistant Attorney General is assisted by six Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, four of whom are career attorneys, who each oversee two or more of the Criminal Division's 16 sections. [5] Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General Office of Administration
President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Eric Holder about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, while White House Counsel Neil Eggleston, right, watches in the Oval Office of the White ...