Office of the Attorney General

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The Office of the Attorney General is the chief legal office of the U.S. federal government, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice and serving as the principal legal advisor to the President and executive agencies.

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Generate an image of the Office of the Attorney General (The Office of the Attorney General is the chief legal office of the U.S. federal government, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice and serving as the principal legal advisor to the President and executive agencies.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government office ⓘ
federal executive office ⓘ
advises President of the United States ⓘ
federal executive agencies ⓘ
heads of executive departments ⓘ
appointingAuthority President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
collaboratesWith state attorneys general ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
dateEstablished 1789 ⓘ
hasRank Cabinet-level office ⓘ
headedBy Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
includedIn line of succession to the Presidency of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
oversees United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf Executive Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
publishes formal legal opinions ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor advising on constitutionality of executive actions ⓘ
coordinating federal legal policy ⓘ
coordinating federal responses to major legal and law enforcement issues ⓘ
defending the United States in Supreme Court litigation through the Solicitor General ⓘ
enforcing federal law through the Department of Justice ⓘ
interpreting federal statutes for the executive branch ⓘ
overseeing federal prosecutions through the Department of Justice ⓘ
providing legal opinions to executive departments ⓘ
providing legal opinions to the President ⓘ
representing the United States in legal matters ⓘ
supervising federal law enforcement policy ⓘ
role chief legal office of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
principal legal advisor to federal executive agencies ⓘ
principal legal advisor to the President of the United States ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
supervises Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Office of Legal Counsel ⓘ
Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ
United States Attorneys ⓘ
United States Marshals Service ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction nationwide ⓘ

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Saturday Night Massacre → officeInvolved → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
United States Deputy Attorney General → worksWith → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
United States Department of Justice → predecessor → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → established → office of Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
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Tax Division → parentAgency → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1870 → relatedTo → Office of the Attorney General (United States) ⓘ
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Office of Legal Counsel → subordinateTo → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Washington administration → established → Office of the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
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Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → parentOrganization → Office of the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
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Seal of the United States Department of Justice → governingBody → Office of the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
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Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building → houses → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division → partOf → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
AGO → alternativeName → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Office of the Deputy Attorney General → coordinatesWith → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Main Justice Building → houses → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ