Office of the Attorney General

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United States government office federal executive office

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Office of the Attorney General canonical 11
Office of the Attorney General of the United States 3
Office of the Attorney General (United States) 1

Statements (45)

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 United States Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
includedIn line of succession to the Presidency of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Executive Office for United States Attorneys ⓘ
surface form: United States Attorneys

United States Marshals Service ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction nationwide ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 the Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: office of Attorney General of the United States
Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division → partOf → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Tax Division → parentAgency → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1870 → relatedTo → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Attorney General (United States)
Office of Legal Counsel → subordinateTo → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Washington administration → established → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Attorney General of the United States
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → parentOrganization → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Attorney General of the United States
Seal of the United States Department of Justice → governingBody → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Attorney General of the United States
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 ⓘ
Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice → relatedTo → Office of the Attorney General ⓘ