List of Department of Justice appointments by Donald Trump

Key
	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	Nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.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)

See also: List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump in the first term

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	left office
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)

See also: List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump in the second term

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
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)

1. "PN17 - William Pelham Barr, of Virginia, to Attorney General, 116th Congress (2019–2021)". www.senate.gov. February 14, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
2. "PN30 - Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, 115th Congress (2017–2019)". www.senate.gov. February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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)

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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)

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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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