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Department of Justice

American

noun

the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. DOJ

Department of Justice Cultural

A department of the federal executive branch, headed by the attorney general, which administers the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), prosecutes violations of federal law, and is responsible for enforcing all civil rights legislation.

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Department of Justice

Both the Department of Justice and the Department of Health have been contacted for comment.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Last month, Daniel Mummolo, an attorney with the Department of Justice, pushed back during a hearing on the motion, telling Frimpong that a warrantless arrest policy “does not exist either in written or unwritten form.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Department of Justice told us it was unable to comment on matters and decisions from 25 years ago, involving staff who no longer worked there.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

According to the Department of Justice, Google once compared this arrangement to Goldman Sachs owning the New York Stock Exchange.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

My mom is a lawyer with the Department of Justice.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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