The president of the United States appoints individuals to the position of assistant attorney general with the advice and consent of the Senate.[1] United States Department of Justice components that are led by an assistant attorney general are:
Assistant attorneys general report either to the deputy attorney general (in the case of the Criminal Division, the Justice Management Division and the Offices of Legal Counsel, Legislative Affairs, and Legal Policy) or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office of Justice Programs).
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^"U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress – 1st Session". www.senate.gov.
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^"Ernest Knaebel". www.justice.gov. April 13, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^"Office of Justice Programs: Laurie O. Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General/Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General". Ojp.usdoj.gov. November 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
^Register, Department of Justice and the Courts of the United States, United States Government Printing Office (1972–1976), p. 131. "Office of Legal Counsel (Formerly Office of Assistant Solicitor General and Executive Adjudications Division," list of officeholders through 1973.
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