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The United States attorney general is the head of the United States Department of Justice and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.The attorney general acts as the principal legal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters.
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 .
The Office of the United States Attorney was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, along with the office of Attorney General and United States Marshal.The same act also specified the structure of the Supreme Court of the United States and established inferior courts making up the United States Federal Judiciary, including a district court system.
The 2024 United States attorney general elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorneys general of ten U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020 , while Vermont 's attorney general was last elected in 2022 .
Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division) Ethan P. Davis July 4, 2020 September 11, 2020 Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights) Eric Dreiband [6] October 12, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, 50–47) [7] January 8, 2021 Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division) Brian Rabbitt July 3, 2020 December 24, 2020 Assistant Attorney General
Emil Joseph Bove III (/ b oʊ ˈ v eɪ /; born 1981 or 1982) is an American attorney serving as the acting U.S. deputy attorney general. He is a former assistant United States Attorney and was a member of Donald Trump 's legal defense team.
Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right), with President Harry S. Truman cabinet in 1945. One of President Truman's first changes in the cabinet that he inherited from Franklin Roosevelt was his appointment of Tom Clark as attorney general in 1945, a switch made in part because of the close personal and professional relationship shared by the two men.
The United States associate attorney general is the third-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The associate attorney general advises and assists the attorney general and the deputy attorney general in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters.