Nov 15, 2022 · Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was sworn in as the 86 th Attorney General of the United States on March 11, 2021. As the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Garland leads the Justice Department’s 115,000 employees, who work across the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.

Jul 29, 2024 · The organization chart depicts the Department's organization as follows: Top center of the page: Attorney General Directly below and connected to the Attorney General is the Deputy Attorney General. Below the Deputy Attorney General, from left to right, top to bottom, are: Solicitor General Associate Attorney General Office of Legislative Affairs

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 department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Merrick Garland has served as attorney general since March 2021 to 2025. [5][6] The …

Jan 25, 2025 · Merrick Garland, American lawyer, judge, and government official who served as U.S. attorney general in the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden (2021–25). Garland previously was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1997–2021; chief judge, 2013–20).

Dec 10, 2024 · The president-elect said in posts on Truth Social that his pick for OMB general counsel is Mark Paoletta, and his choice for assistant attorney general of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is...

Jan 22, 2025 · On a division-wide conference call Wednesday morning, the acting head of the National Security Division, Devin DeBacker, praised the two prosecutors who had been removed, thanked them for their service, and gave each of them a chance to say farewell to colleagues, a source familiar with the call said.

Mar 10, 2021 · Garland takes over as the head of the Department of Justice as the sprawling agency continues to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of the largest probes in its history. Garland...

Dec 21, 2024 · In a Truth Social post, the president-elect announced he was nominating Aaron Reitz to lead the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy. Trump wrote that Reitz would "develop and implement DOJ’s battle...