William BarrPresidentDonald TrumpDeputyRod Rosenstein Ed O'Callaghan (acting) Jeffrey A. RosenPreceded byJeff SessionsSucceeded byMerrick Garland30 more rows
Matthew WhitakerPreceded byJeff SessionsSucceeded byWilliam BarrChief of Staff to the United States Attorney GeneralIn office September 22, 2017 – November 7, 201822 more rows
Attorney General is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.
As of July 2021 he is a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In May 2022, he was appointed to chair Virginia's Commission to Combat Antisemitism. He was elected to be a member of the American Law Institute in 1996.
California Former Attorneys GeneralMatthew Rodriguez2021 – 2021Kamala D. Harris2010 – 2017Edmund G. Brown, Jr.2007 – 2011Bill Lockyer1999 – 2007Daniel E. Lungren1991 – 199929 more rows
Jeff SessionsBornJefferson Beauregard Sessions III December 24, 1946 Selma, Alabama, U.S.Political partyRepublicanSpouseMary Blackshear ( m. 1969)Children333 more rows
Incumbent He was reappointed by President Ram Nath Kovind in 2020. He began his service on 30 June 2017. Mukul Rohatagi will be 14th AGI from 30th September 2022. Mukul rohatagi will serve his 2nd tenure.
Ashtar Ausaf AliThe current Attorney-General is Ashtar Ausaf Ali, appointed in 2022....Attorney-General for PakistanIncumbent Ashtar Ausaf Ali since 9 May 2022Ministry of Law and JusticeStyleLearned Attorney-General Mr. Attorney-GeneralAbbreviationAG11 more rows
On January 17, Democracy 21 filed a complaint with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility and the Departmental Ethics Office that detailed Barr’s pattern of biased actions and his failure to comply with Justice Department norms, rules and standards of conduct.
During the tenure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions , President Donald Trump complained that Sessions was not protecting him. “Where is my Roy Cohn?” Trump would ask, referring to the legendary protect-your-client-at-all-costs (and ultimately disbarred) attorney, who represented Trump for years.
The letter expressed “serious concerns about the propriety of Barr’s recent actions and statements.”. It urged Congress “to commence formal inquiries into a pattern of conduct by Attorney General William P. Barr that threatens public confidence in the fair and impartial administration of justice.”.
The report stated that the special counsel could not seek an indictment of Trump because of a Justice Department policy that prohibited indictment of a sitting president.
Barr signaled that both he and Trump saw Barr’s role as that of legal and political defender of the president when, as a private citizen, he sent an unsolicited 19-page memo to the White House and Justice Department on June 8, 2018.
Mueller himself sent a letter to Barr on March 27 protesting Barr’s characterization of the report and urging him to release the summaries contained in the report itself. Mueller said that releasing the summaries at that time “would alleviate the misunderstandings that have arisen and would answer congressional and public questions about the nature and outcome of our investigation.” Barr refused to release the summaries.
Barr Misrepresented the Mueller Report and Manipulated its Release to Benefit Trump
After a period of uncertainty as to how the matter would be resolved, Barr instead moved to fire Berman and handed over control of the office to his immediate deputy, Audrey Strauss. "This was not a question of removing him because of any deficiency on his part," Barr said.
Perhaps most notably, the attorney general has drawn particularly strong scrutiny for his intervention in the government's case against Michael Flynn, the president's first national security adviser. In 2017, Mueller charged Flynn with one count of lying to federal investigators.
Though he twice pleaded guilty to the charge, the Justice Department dropped its case in May after Barr assigned a U.S. attorney to investigate the genesis of the government's case. " [The U.S. attorney] came back and said that he didn't think anyone in the department would prosecute that case or charge that case," Barr said.
Since taking office nearly a year-and-a-half ago, Barr has perpetually faced criticism from those who say he has politicized his role. That criticism dates back to his handling of the Mueller probe’s conclusion, including the rollout of the special counsel’s report.
William Barr didn’t rule out the possibility of Trump issuing a presidential pardon for Stone, saying “I think it’s the president’s prerogative.”. Luke Barr/ABC News. Attorney General William Barr offered a forceful defense of the Justice Department's independence on Wednesday amid criticism that its work has been leveraged as a political tool ...
Barr reiterated that he thought Stone's prosecution was "righteous," and defended his decision to object to a stricter sentence for Stone, which he called "excessive.". In recent weeks, Stone has publicly advocated for presidential intervention ahead of his scheduled arrival in custody.
After a period of uncertainty as to how the matter would be resolved, Barr instead moved to fire Berman and handed over control of the office to his immediate deputy, Audrey Strauss. "This was not a question of removing him because of any deficiency on his part," Barr said.
Perhaps most notably, the attorney general has drawn particularly strong scrutiny for his intervention in the government's case against Michael Flynn, the president's first national security adviser. In 2017, Mueller charged Flynn with one count of lying to federal investigators.
Though he twice pleaded guilty to the charge, the Justice Department dropped its case in May after Barr assigned a U.S. attorney to investigate the genesis of the government's case. " [The U.S. attorney] came back and said that he didn't think anyone in the department would prosecute that case or charge that case," Barr said.
Since taking office nearly a year-and-a-half ago, Barr has perpetually faced criticism from those who say he has politicized his role. That criticism dates back to his handling of the Mueller probe’s conclusion, including the rollout of the special counsel’s report.
William Barr didn’t rule out the possibility of Trump issuing a presidential pardon for Stone, saying “I think it’s the president’s prerogative.”. Luke Barr/ABC News. Attorney General William Barr offered a forceful defense of the Justice Department's independence on Wednesday amid criticism that its work has been leveraged as a political tool ...
Barr reiterated that he thought Stone's prosecution was "righteous," and defended his decision to object to a stricter sentence for Stone, which he called "excessive.". In recent weeks, Stone has publicly advocated for presidential intervention ahead of his scheduled arrival in custody.