United States Department of Justice
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The Department of Justice is a federal agency responsible for enforcing the nation's laws and defending the legal interests of the United States government. It matters because it oversees federal prosecutors, law enforcement agencies like the FBI, and the legal system that protects citizens and upholds the Constitution.
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Key facts
- Formed
- July 1, 1870 ; 155 years ago ( 1870-07-01 )
- Type
- Executive department
- Jurisdiction
- U.S. federal government
- Motto
- " Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur " ( Latin : "Who prosecutes on behalf of justice (or the Lady Justice )")
- Employees
- 113,114 (2019)
- Annual budget
- $37.52 billion (FY 2024)
- Agency executives
- Todd Blanche , Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , Deputy Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. , Associate Attorney General D. John Sauer , Solicitor General
- Website
- justice .gov
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the United States attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche currently serves as the acting attorney general.
The Justice Department contains most of the United States' federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The department also has eight divisions of lawyers who represent the federal government in litigation: the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust, Tax, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, National Security, and Justice Management divisions. The DOJ includes the United States attorneys' offices for each of the 94 United States federal judicial districts.