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The Justice Management Division (JMD) is a division of the United States Department of Justice. It is the administrative arm of the Department of Justice. Its mission is to support some 40 senior management offices (SMOs), offices, bureaus, and divisions (collectively called components) of the DOJ. It was formerly called the Office of ...
On February 19, 1868, Lawrence introduced a bill in Congress to create the Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. [10] Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as attorney general and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first solicitor general the same week that Congress created the Department of ...
Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights) Kristen Clarke: May 25, 2021 [5] (Confirmed May 25, 2021, 51–48) [RC 6] — — Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division) Kenneth Polite [6] July 21, 2021 (Confirmed July 20, 2021, 56–44) [RC 7] July 28, 2023 [7] — Assistant Attorney General (Environment and Natural Resources Division) Todd ...
The Assistant Attorney General is assisted by six Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, which are mostly apprised of career attorneys (4/6), 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
The OPR was established in 1975 by order of then Attorney General Edward Levi, following revelations of ethical abuse and serious misconduct by senior DOJ officials during the Watergate scandal. The order directed OPR to "receive and review any information concerning conduct by a Department employee that may be in violation of law, regulations ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland gives remarks during a meeting of the Department of Justice’s Election Threats Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington on Sept. 4, 2024.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Sunday suggested that one of President-elect Donald Trump’s first priorities in his new term should be to fire any staff at the Justice Department who worked on ...
The office has several hundred employees, reporting to the Inspector General. Michael E. Horowitz has held the post since 2012. [1] [2] The OIG conducts independent investigations, audits, inspections, and special reviews of United States Department of Justice personnel and programs.