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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Attorney General. Merrick Garland [2]: March 11, 2021 (Confirmed March 10, 2021, 70–30) [RC 1] Deputy Attorney General
This is a list of United States attorneys appointed by the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden. President Biden nominated 76 people to be U.S. attorneys: 68 of the nominations were confirmed by the U.S. Senate, five stalled inn the Senate, one was withdrawn after Senate confirmation, and three others were withdrawn before Senate action.
The Department of Justice stated that Garland cannot be prosecuted for contempt due to Biden's invocation of executive privilege. [ 192 ] House speaker Mike Johnson said he will move in federal court to enforce a subpoena against Garland to obtain audio recordings of Biden, after the Justice Department declined to act on the House's contempt ...
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Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
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.
Bondi has secured the support of current and former state attorneys general across the country, as well as more than 100 former top Department of Justice officials.