List of Department of Justice appointments by Donald Trump
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Appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation. | |
Appointees confirmed by the Senate. | |
Appointees awaiting Senate confirmation. | |
Appointees serving in an acting capacity. | |
Appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded. | |
Nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office. |
Appointments (first administration)
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | left office |
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![]() Attorney General | |||
![]() William Barr[1] | February 14, 2019 (Confirmed February 14, 2019, 54–45)[RC1 1] | December 23, 2020 | |
![]() Matthew Whitaker | November 7, 2018 | February 14, 2019 | |
![]() Jeff Sessions | February 8, 2017 (Confirmed February 8, 2017, 52–47)[RC1 2] | November 7, 2018 | |
![]() Deputy Attorney General | ![]() Jeffrey A. Rosen | May 22, 2019 (Confirmed May 16, 2019, 52–45)[RC1 3] | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Rod Rosenstein | April 26, 2017 (Confirmed April 25, 2017, 94–6)[RC1 4] | May 11, 2019 | |
![]() Associate Attorney General | ![]() Claire McCusker Murray | May 14, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Jesse Panuccio | February 21, 2018 | May 3, 2019 | |
![]() Rachel Brand | May 22, 2017 (Confirmed May 18, 2017, 52–46)[RC1 5] | February 20, 2018 | |
![]() Solicitor General | Jeff Wall | July 3, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
March 10, 2017 | September 19, 2017 | ||
![]() Noel Francisco | September 19, 2017 (Confirmed September 19, 2017, 50–47)[RC1 6] | July 3, 2020 | |
January 23, 2017 | March 10, 2017 | ||
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust Division) | ![]() Makan Delrahim[2] | September 28, 2017 (Confirmed September 27, 2017, 73–21)[RC1 7] | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division) | ![]() Ethan P. Davis | July 4, 2020 | September 11, 2020 |
![]() Jody Hunt | September 4, 2018 (Confirmed August 28, 2017, 72–23)[RC1 8] | July 3, 2020 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights) | ![]() Eric Dreiband | October 12, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, 50–47)[RC1 9] | January 8, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Criminal Division) | ![]() Brian Rabbitt | July 3, 2020 | December 24, 2020 |
![]() Brian Benczkowski | July 16, 2018 (Confirmed July 11, 2018, 51–48)[RC1 10] | July 3, 2020 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Environment and Natural Resources Division) | ![]() Jeffrey Clark | November 1, 2018 (Confirmed October 11, 2018, 52–45)[RC1 11] | January 21, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division) | ![]() John Demers[3] | February 22, 2018 (Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)[V1 1] | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Tax Division) | Richard E. Zuckerman | Nomination lapsed and returned to the President on January 3, 2021[4] | |
2017 | 2021 | ||
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel) | ![]() Steven Engel[5] | November 13, 2017 (Confirmed November 7, 2017, 51–47)[RC1 12] | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Policy) | ![]() Beth Ann Williams | August 21, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)[V1 2] | December 11, 2020 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legislative Affairs) | ![]() Stephen Boyd | September 5, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)[V1 3] | 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 | June 3, 2021 |
![]() Kenneth Charles Canterbury Jr. | Nomination withdrawn by the President on February 28, 2017[6] | ||
Federal Bureau of Investigation | |||
![]() Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | ![]() Christopher A. Wray[7] | August 2, 2017 (Confirmed August 1, 2017, 92–5)[RC1 13] | January 19, 2025 |
Federal Bureau of Prisons | |||
![]() Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons | |||
![]() Kathleen Hawk Sawyer | August 19, 2019 | February 25, 2020 | |
Hugh Hurwitz | May 2018 | August 19, 2019 | |
![]() Mark Inch | September 18, 2017 | May 18, 2018 | |
![]() Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Prison Industries | ![]() Deline R. Reardon[8] | March 5, 2018 | |
Office of Justice Programs | |||
![]() Assistant Attorney General (Office of Justice Programs) | Katharine Sullivan | Nomination lapsed and returned to the President on January 3, 2021[9] | |
June 2019 | January 20, 2021 | ||
![]() Laura Rogers | July 2018 | October 2018 | |
![]() Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance | Jon Adler[10] | December 11, 2017 (Appointed September 15, 2017) | September 16, 2019 |
![]() Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics | Jeffrey H. Anderson | November 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Director of the National Institute of Justice | ![]() David B. Muhlhausen[11][12] | August 22, 2017 (Appointed July 11, 2017) | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Director of the Office for Victims of Crime | ![]() Darlene Hutchinson Biehl[13] | August 14, 2017 (Appointed July 1, 2017) | December 2019 |
![]() Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | ![]() Caren Harp[14] | January 19, 2018 (Appointed December 18, 2017) | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking | ![]() Laura Rogers | January 4, 2018 (Appointed October 5, 2017) | July 2019 |
Office on Violence Against Women | |||
![]() Director of the Office of Violence Against Women | ![]() Laura Rogers | July 2019 | January 2021 |
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission | |||
![]() Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission | Patrick Hovakimian[15] | June 4, 2018 (Confirmed May 10, 2018, voice vote)[V1 4] | |
United States Marshals Service | |||
![]() Director of the United States Marshals Service | ![]() Donald W. Washington | March 29, 2019 (Confirmed March 14, 2018, voice vote)[V1 5] | September 27, 2021 |
![]() Director of Community Relations Service | Gerri Ratliff | June 15, 2018 | May 2022 |
Drug Enforcement Administration | |||
![]() Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | ![]() Timothy Shea | May 19, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
![]() Uttam Dhillon | July 2, 2018 | May 18, 2020 | |
![]() Robert W. Patterson | October 1, 2017 | July 2, 2018 |
Appointments (second administration)
Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
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![]() Attorney General | ![]() Pam Bondi[16] | February 5, 2025 (Confirmed February 4, 2025, 54–46)[RC2 1] | |
![]() James McHenry[17] | January 20, 2025 | February 5, 2025 | |
![]() Deputy Attorney General | ![]() Todd Blanche[18] | March 6, 2025 (Confirmed March 5, 2025, 52–46)[RC2 2] | |
![]() Emil Bove | January 20, 2025 | March 6, 2025 | |
![]() Associate Attorney General | Stanley Woodward | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
![]() Solicitor General | ![]() Dean John Sauer[19] | April 4, 2025 (Confirmed April 3, 2025, 52–45)[RC2 3] | |
Sarah M. Harris | January 20, 2025 | April 4, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division | ![]() Gail Slater[20] | March 12, 2025 (Confirmed March 11, 2025, 78–19)[RC2 4] | |
Omeed Assefi | January 20, 2025 | March 12, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | ![]() Brett Shumate | June 11, 2025 (Confirmed June 9, 2025, 51–41)[RC2 5] | |
Yaakov M. Ruth | January 20, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | ![]() Harmeet Dhillon | April 7, 2025 (Confirmed April 3, 2025, 52–45)[RC2 6] | |
![]() Mac Warner | January 20, 2025 | April 7, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division | John Eisenberg | June 2025 (Confirmed June 5, 2025, 52–43)[RC2 7] | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy | ![]() Aaron Reitz[21] | March 31, 2025 (Confirmed March 26, 2025, 52–46)[RC2 8] | June 11, 2025 |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs | Patrick Davis | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Dario Camacho | February 19, 2025 | ||
Patrick D. Davis | January 20, 2025 | February 19, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | T. Elliot Gaiser[22] | August 4, 2025 (Confirmed July 30, 2025, 53–45)[RC2 9] | |
![]() Henry C. Whitaker | January 20, 2025 | August 4, 2025 | |
![]() Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | Andrew Duva | Awaiting Senate Confirmation | |
Matthew R. Galeotti | March 18, 2025 | ||
![]() Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General | ![]() Emil Bove[23] | January 20, 2025 | |
![]() Chief of Staff to the Attorney General | Chad Mizelle[21] | January 20, 2025 | |
![]() Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights Division) | ![]() Leo Terrell | January 20, 2025 | |
![]() United States Pardon Attorney | ![]() Ed Martin | May 15, 2025 | |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | |||
![]() Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | ![]() Daniel P. Driscoll | April 10, 2025 | |
![]() Kash Patel | February 24, 2025 | April 10, 2025 | |
Federal Bureau of Investigation | |||
![]() Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | ![]() Kash Patel[24] | February 21, 2025 (Confirmed February 20, 2025, 51–49)[RC2 10] | |
![]() Brian Driscoll[17] | January 20, 2025 | February 21, 2025 | |
![]() Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | ![]() Dan Bongino | March 17, 2025 | |
Robert Kissane[17] | January 20, 2025 | March 17, 2025 | |
![]() Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons | ![]() William Marshall III[25] | April 21, 2025 | |
United States Marshals Service | |||
![]() Director of the United States Marshals Service | ![]() Gadyaces Serralta | August 1, 2025 (Confirmed July 31, 2025, 59–39)[RC2 11] | |
Mark Pitella | January 20, 2025 | July 31, 2025 | |
Drug Enforcement Administration | |||
![]() Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | ![]() Terry Cole | July 24, 2025 (Confirmed July 22, 2025, 50–47)[RC2 12] | |
![]() Robert Murphy | May 2, 2025 | July 24, 2025 | |
![]() Derek S. Maltz | January 20, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
Notes
Confirmation votes
- Confirmations by roll call vote (first administration)
- ^ "PN17 - William Pelham Barr, of Virginia, to Attorney General, 116th Congress (2019–2021)". www.senate.gov. February 14, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN30 - Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN526 - Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, 116th Congress (2019–2021)". www.senate.gov. May 16, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN56 - Rod J. Rosenstein, of Maryland, to be Deputy Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. April 24, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN57 - Rachel L. Brand, of Iowa, to be Associate Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. May 18, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN299 - Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. September 19, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN249 - Makan Delrahim, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. September 27, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN1414 - Joseph H. Hunt, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. August 28, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN1409 - Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. October 11, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN1402 - Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN1407 - Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney Generals, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. October 11, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN58 - Steven Andrew Engel, of D.C., to be an Assistant Attorney General , 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. November 7, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN696 - Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. August 1, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- Confirmations by voice vote (first administration)
- ^ "PN926 - John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.congress.gov. February 15, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN597 - Beth Ann Williams, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.congress.gov. August 3, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN351 - Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.congress.gov. August 3, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN1549 - Patrick Hovakimian, of California, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.congress.gov. May 10, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "PN202 - Donald W. Washington, of Texas, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, 116th Congress (2019–2021)". www.congress.gov. March 14, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- Confirmations by roll call vote (second administration)
- ^ "PN11-2 - Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. February 4, 2025. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-5 - Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-39 - Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-41 - Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "PN26-43 - Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. June 9, 2025. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-11 - Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "PN26-16 - John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. June 5, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-37 - Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
- ^ "PN129-4 - Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. July 30, 2025. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "PN12-35 - Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ "PN26-42 - Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.senate.gov. July 31, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ "PN26-11 - Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, 119th Congress (2025–2027)". www.congress.gov. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
- Confirmations by voice vote (second administration)
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