Matthew WhitakerPresidentDonald TrumpDeputyRod RosensteinPreceded byJeff SessionsSucceeded byWilliam Barr22 more rows
On March 10, 2017, Jeff Sessions, who was appointed United States attorney general by President Donald Trump, requested the resignations of 46 United States attorneys.
Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20, 2017, Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.
The President of the United States has the authority to appoint U.S. Attorneys, with the consent of the United States Senate, and the President may remove U.S. Attorneys from office.
93 United States AttorneysCharged with ensuring “that the laws be faithfully executed,” the 93 United States Attorneys work to enforce federal laws throughout the country.
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This policy—known as the “Yates Memo,” after its author, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates—was modified during the Trump Administration to permit companies to limit their disclosures only to individuals “substantially involved” in misconduct.
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President Trump nominated 86 people to be U.S. attorneys, and 84 of them were confirmed. There are a total of 93 U.S. attorneys in the Department of Justice.
On February 1, after the collapse of his earlier legal team, Trump announced that David Schoen and Bruce Castor would be his new defense lawyers. Pennsylvania attorneys Michael van der Veen and William J. Brennan joined Schoen and Castor as part of the presentation team.
On January 20, the White House named eight House Republicans to serve on Trump's defense team: Doug Collins, Mike Johnson, Jim Jordan, Debbie Lesko, Mark Meadows, John Ratcliffe, Elise Stefanik, and Lee Zeldin.
List of White House counselOfficeholderTerm startPresidentEmmet Flood ActingOctober 18, 2018Donald TrumpPat CipolloneDecember 10, 2018Dana RemusJanuary 20, 2021Joe BidenStuart DeleryJuly 202243 more rows