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Appointments[edit]

See also: United States Attorneys appointed by Donald Trump
Office Nominee Assumed office left office

Attorney General
William Barr[1] 		February 14, 2019
(Confirmed February 14, 2019, 54–45)[2] 		December 23, 2020

Deputy Attorney General
Jeffrey A. Rosen 		May 22, 2019
(Confirmed May 16, 2019, 52–45)[3] 		January 20, 2021

Associate Attorney General
Claire McCusker Murray 		May 14, 2019 January 20, 2021

Solicitor General 		Jeff Wall July 3, 2020 January 20, 2021

Assistant Attorney General
(Antitrust Division)
Makan Delrahim[4] 		September 28, 2017
(Confirmed September 27, 2017, 73–21)[5] 		January 20, 2021

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
(Environment and Natural Resources Division)
Jeffrey Clark[8] 		November 1, 2018
(Confirmed October 11, 2018, 52–45)[9] 		January 21, 2021

Assistant Attorney General
(National Security Division)
John Demers[10] 		February 22, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote) 		January 20, 2021

Assistant Attorney General
(Tax Division)

Assistant Attorney General
(Office of Legal Counsel)
Steven Engel[11] 		November 13, 2017
(Confirmed November 7, 2017, 51–47)[12] 		January 20, 2021

Assistant Attorney General
(Office of Legal Policy)
Beth Ann Williams 		August 21, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) 		December 11, 2020

Assistant Attorney General
(Office of Legislative Affairs)
Stephen Boyd 		September 5, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote) 		January 20, 2021
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Regina Lombardo 		May 1, 2019
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christopher A. Wray[13] 		August 2, 2017
(Confirmed August 1, 2017, 92–5)[14]
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Prison Industries
Deline R. Reardon[15] 		March 5, 2018
Office of Justice Programs

Assistant Attorney General
(Office of Justice Programs) 		Vacant

Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance 		Jon Adler[16] December 11, 2017
(Appointed September 15, 2017)
Jeffrey H. Anderson November 2017

Director of the National Institute of Justice
David B. Muhlhausen[17][18] 		August 22, 2017
(Appointed July 11, 2017)

Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Darlene Hutchinson Biehl[19] 		August 14, 2017
(Appointed July 1, 2017)

Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Caren Harp[20] 		January 19, 2018
(Appointed December 18, 2017)

Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
Laura Rogers 		January 4, 2018
(Appointed October 5, 2017)
Office on Violence Against Women

Director of the Office of Violence Against Women
Laura Rogers 		2019
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 		Patrick Hovakimian[21] June 4, 2018
(Confirmed May 10, 2018, voice vote)
United States Parole Commission
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
United States Marshals Service

Director of the United States Marshals Service
Donald W. Washington 		March 29, 2019

Director of Community Relations Service 		Gerri Ratliff June 15, 2018

Previous officeholders[edit]

Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Attorney General
Jeff Sessions 		February 8, 2017 November 7, 2018 Resigned at the request of President Trump. Replaced temporarily with Matthew Whitaker.[22]

William Barr

February 14, 2019 December 23, 2020 Resigned. President Trump announced Barr's departure in December and the Attorney General subsequently confirmed it.[23]

Sally Yates 		January 20, 2017 January 30, 2017 Dismissed by President Trump on January 30, after she instructed the Justice Department not to make legal arguments defending Executive Order 13769.

Deputy Attorney General 		January 10, 2015 January 30, 2017

General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dana Boente 		January 23, 2018 May 30, 2020 [24]

Attorney General 		January 30, 2017 February 9, 2017

Deputy Attorney General 		February 9, 2017 April 25, 2017

Rod Rosenstein 		April 26, 2017 May 11, 2019 Despite numerous reports of his resignation or firing, he lasted through the release of the Mueller Report and the appointments of AG Barr and DAG Rosen.

Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights Division)

Eric Dreiband

November 1, 2018 January 8, 2021 Resignation announced by the Department of Justice on January 7, 2021.[25] The New York Times noted that his resignation did not specifically refer to the events of the prior day.[26]

Assistant Attorney General
(Civil Division)
Jody Hunt 		September 4, 2018 July 3, 2020 [27]

Chief of Staff to the Attorney General 		February 2017 September 22, 2017

Matthew Whitaker 		September 22, 2017 November 7, 2018 [28]

Attorney General 		November 7, 2018 February 14, 2019

Senior Counselor in the Office of the Associate Attorney General 		February 15, 2019 March 2, 2019

Solicitor General
Noel Francisco 		January 23, 2017 March 10, 2017
September 19, 2017 July 3, 2020 [29]
Jeff Wall March 10, 2017 September 19, 2017

Associate Attorney General
Rachel Brand 		May 22, 2017 February 20, 2018 Resigned to take a job as head of global corporate governance at Walmart.[30]

Jesse Panuccio 		February 2017 May 22, 2017
February 21, 2018 May 3, 2019

Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General 		February 2017 May 14, 2019

Assistant Attorney General
(Criminal Division)
Brian Benczkowski 		July 16, 2018 July 3, 2020 [31]

Deputy Assistant Attorney General
(Antitrust Division)
Donald Kempf Jr. 		2017 2018 Resigned over an investigation into his misconduct.[32]

United States Attorneys 		Various March 10, 2017
Main article: 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys

On March 10, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions requested the resignations of 46 United States Attorneys.[33] Trump declined to accept the resignations of Dana Boente, who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rod Rosenstein, whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General.[34][35][36] Trump also allowed Deirdre M. Daly and Richard S. Hartunian to remain in office for a period of several months until they completed 20 years of service at the Justice Department.[37]


U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Preet Bharara 		August 13, 2009 March 11, 2017 Bharara refused to resign and was fired.[38][39]

Geoffrey Berman 		January 5, 2018 June 20, 2020 On June 19, Barr announced that Berman was stepping down, Craig Carpenito would be acting U.S. Attorney, and Jay Clayton would be nominated as Berman's permanent replacement. Berman countered that he had no intention to resign. He agreed to leave after Barr relented and named Audrey Strauss to be acting U.S. Attorney, preserving the integrity of SDNY.[40]

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Jessie K. Liu 		September 24, 2017 January 31, 2020 Trump nominated Liu to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, then withdrew the nomination on February 11, 2020.[41]

Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia 		Jonathan Kravis February 11, 2020 Kravis and Zelinsky resigned when the Attorney General refused to support their sentencing recommendations for Roger Stone. Two other Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Adam Jed and Mike Marando, withdrew from the case.[42]
Aaron Zelinsky

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
B. J. Pak 		October 10, 2017 January 4, 2021 Resigned rather than support Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump also considered firing Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and replacing him with Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, who was willing to challenge the election results.[43]

Director of the Election Crimes Branch 		Richard Pilger March 2010 November 9, 2020 Resigned in protest after Attorney General Barr gave an authorization for federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, going against longstanding guidance.[44]

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Comey 		September 4, 2013 May 9, 2017
Main article: Dismissal of James Comey

Statements from Trump and the White House suggested he had been dismissed to ease the "pressure" on Trump due to the Russia investigation.[45][46][47] Later that month he arranged for a friend to tell the press about a memo he had written after a February 14 private meeting with the president. It said Trump had asked him to end the FBI's investigation into Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor. His dismissal, the memo, and Comey's subsequent Congressional testimony were interpreted by some commentators as evidence of obstruction of justice and became part of a widening investigation by Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel appointed to probe Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.[48]


Andrew McCabe 		May 9, 2017 August 2, 2017

Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 		February 1, 2016 January 29, 2018 Resigned after being repeatedly taunted by President Trump.[49][50] He then went on paid leave until his scheduled retirement date of March 18, 2018.[51] On March 16, 2018, Jeff Sessions fired McCabe 26 hours before his scheduled retirement.[52][53] Sessions said he based his action on reports from the DOJ Inspector General and the FBI's disciplinary office saying that McCabe had made unauthorized releases of information to the media and had "lacked candor" in talking about it. McCabe denied he had ever been dishonest and charged that his firing was politically motivated.[54][55][56]

Assistant Director for Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 		Michael Kortan September 2009 February 2018 [57]

Deputy Assistant Director, FBI Counterintelligence Division
Peter Strzok 		August 10, 2018 Fired for anti-Trump text messages.[58]

Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Mark Inch 		September 18, 2017 May 18, 2018
Hugh Hurwitz May 2018 August 19, 2019 Removed after Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide while in Federal custody.

Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Robert W. Patterson 		October 1, 2017 July 2, 2018 Retired.

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