50 rows · The deputy attorney general acts as attorney general during the absence of the attorney general. Lisa Monaco has served in this role since April 21, 2021. The deputy attorney general is a political appointee of the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. The position was created in 1950.
May 13, 2019 · Former Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Rod J. Rosenstein was sworn in as the 37th Deputy Attorney General of the United States on April 26, 2017, by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Mr. Rosenstein graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, in 1986.
Jan 31, 2017 · Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates. Sally Q. Yates was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General on May 13, 2015. President Obama formally nominated her for the position on January 8, 2015. As Deputy Attorney General, Ms. Yates oversees day-to-day operations of the Department of Justice. Her responsibilities include oversight of all facets of …
James B. Comey Former Deputy Attorney General On October 3, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Jim Comey to serve as Deputy Attorney General, he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2003, and the President signed his commission on December 11, 2003.
Sally Yates | |
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Succeeded by | Dana Boente (acting) |
36th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
In office January 10, 2015 – January 30, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
# | Name | Term began |
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Acting | Robert Mueller | January 20, 2001 |
30 | Larry Thompson | May 10, 2001 |
31 | James Comey | November 9, 2003 |
Acting | Robert McCallum, Jr. | August 15, 2005 |
Eric Holder | |
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Nominated by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Virginia Riley |
Succeeded by | Judith Bartnoff |
Personal details |
United States Attorney General | |
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Incumbent Merrick Garland since March 11, 2021 | |
United States Department of Justice | |
Style | Mr. Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Cabinet National Security Council |
After joining the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program in 1990, Mr. Rosenstein prosecuted public corruption cases as a trial attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Mr. Rosenstein on January 31, 2017. The Senate confirmed his nomination on April 25, 2017.
Jim has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and has lectured at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) White Collar Crime Committee and served as the Chair Elect of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.
Jim is frequently published in different news publications regarding DOJ policies. Recent publications include:
Virginia deputy attorney general Monique Miles resigned from her position overseeing the state’s elections Thursday after facing scrutiny from the Washington Post over her Facebook posts, in which she falsely insisted former President Donald Trump won a second term and praised protesters who stormed the U.S.
In more than a dozen Facebook comments, Miles also spread baseless conspiracy theories, including claiming rioters at the Capitol were actually from Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement, accusing China of election interference and alleging there was credible evidence of widespread voter fraud, according to the Post.
Miyares, a Republican who was just sworn in last month, believes “Joe Biden won the election and he has condemned the January 6th attacks,” LaCivita told Forbes. In December, a poll found 17% of Americans believe the riots were carried out by Trump’s political enemies in a conspiracy to discredit him.
Federal tort suit. On January 4, 2008, José Padilla, a U.S. citizen convicted of terrorism, and his mother sued John Yoo in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Case Number 08-cv-00035-JSW), known as Padilla v. Yoo.
The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) began investigating Yoo's work in 2004 and in July 2009 completed a report that was sharply critical of his legal justification for waterboarding and other interrogation techniques.
Yoo became known in the early-2000s for his legal opinions concerning executive power, warrantless wiretapping, and the Geneva Conventions while ser ving in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the Department of Justice, during the George W. Bush administration.
While the District Court ruled in favor of Padilla, the case was appealed by Yoo in June 2010. On May 2, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Yoo had qualified immunity at the time of his memos (2001–2003), because certain issues had not then been settled legally by the U.S. Supreme Court.
National Board for Education Sciences. In December 2020, President Donald Trump appointed Yoo to a four-year term on the National Board for Education Sciences, which advises the Department of Education on scientific research and investments.