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attorney general of the United States

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  1. The head of the United States Department of Justice and a member of the president's cabinet. The attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government.


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Still, it is shocking when the Attorney General of the United States does so.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

Todd Blanche, incoming Deputy Attorney General of the United States of America responded by once again attacking the process that had brought us to this day.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2025

In 1997, President Bill Clinton appointed Fisher as the Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking official at the Department of Justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2020

The men tell Lewinsky that they are F.B.I. agents, “and that the Attorney General of the United States had authorized a criminal investigation into her actions,” Neyfakh says.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2018

Within thirty days, upon application of the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General of the United States shall institute condemnation proceedings.

From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)

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