The United States Department of Justice (DOJ),also known as the Justice Department,is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general,who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current attorney general is Merrick Garland,who has served since March 2021.
The Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (BATFE),commonly referred to as the ATF,is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use,manufacture,and possession of firearms and explosives;acts of arson and bombings;and illegal trafficking and tax evasion of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing the sale,possession,and transportation of firearms,ammunition,and explosives in interstate commerce. Many of the ATF's activities are carried out in conjunction with task forces made up of state and local law enforcement officers,such as Project Safe Neighborhoods. The ATF operates a unique fire research laboratory in Beltsville,Maryland,where full-scale mock-ups of criminal arson can be reconstructed. The ATF had 5,285 employees and an annual budget of almost $1.5 billion in 2021. The ATF has received criticism over its handling of the Ruby Ridge siege,the Waco siege and other incidents.
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona is the U.S. district court that covers the state of Arizona. It is under the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
Anne Melissa Milgram is an American attorney and academic who currently serves as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) since 2021. She previously served as the 57th Attorney General of New Jersey from 2007 to 2010.
Kenneth E. Melson is the former acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in the United States. He was appointed to this post by Attorney General Eric Holder in 2009. He resigned as head of the ATF in the aftermath of the ATF gunwalking scandal and was replaced by B. Todd Jones,a former Marine who has twice served as the U.S. attorney in Minnesota.
Steven Michael Dettelbach is an American lawyer who has served as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives since 2022. He was the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for over six years during the presidency of Barack Obama,resigning in 2016. From 2016 to 2022,he was a partner at BakerHostetler,serving as co-leader of the firm's national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations team. In July 2022,he was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate as the director of the ATF.
David M. DeVillers is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 2019 to 2021. Before his nomination,he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the same district.
David Howland Chipman is an American former ATF agent and gun control advocate who was most recently the nominee to serve as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the Biden administration;however,this nomination was withdrawn.
John Michael Formella is an American lawyer serving as the 31st Attorney General of New Hampshire since 2021. He previously served as legal counsel for Governor Chris Sununu.
Nicholas William Brown is an American lawyer who served as United States attorney for the Western District of Washington from October 2021 to June 21,2023.
Clifford Darnell Johnson is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Indiana since October 2021.
Andre Damian Williams Jr. is an American lawyer who is the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. He is the first black person to hold this position. He has been involved in the prosecution of numerous high-profile individuals,including Ghislaine Maxwell,Sam Bankman-Fried,Sean Combs,Mayor Eric Adams,and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez.
Gabriel Patrick Sanchez is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2022. He served as an associate judge of the California Court of Appeal from 2018 to 2022.
Gregory Keith Harris is an American lawyer serving as the United States attorney for the Central District of Illinois.
Philip Rabner Sellinger is an American lawyer serving as the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Brandon Bonaparte Brown is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Louisiana since 2021.
Ryan Karim Buchanan is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia since 2022.
