Jimmy Gurulé is an American attorney, academic and government official, who is a professor at

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, teaching criminal law courses. He was the first

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in the United States. Gurulé was nominated by President

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and confirmed unanimously by the

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as the

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, serving from 2001 until 2003. As Under Secretary for Enforcement, Gurulé provided oversight, policy guidance, and support to the Treasury law enforcement components: the

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; the

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; the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; the

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; the Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture; and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Gurulé also provided enforcement policy guidance to the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation. Gurulé began his career as a trial attorney with the

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He subsequently held the following positions: Deputy County Attorney in the Salt Lake City Attorney's Office; Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Major Narcotics Section of the Los Angeles branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office; and

(appointed by President

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in charge of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs in Washington D.C. Gurulé was one of dozens of Bush administration Republicans who said in February 2021 they were leaving the

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, citing its failure to disown

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for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that allegedly culminated in the violent storming of the United States Capitol, stating, "The Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists. I’d call it the cult of Trump." He is also the author of several books on terrorist financing and counter-terrorism strategy.

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External links

Professor Gurulé's page at Notre Dame Law School
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurule, Jimmy Living people University of Notre Dame faculty Notre Dame Law School faculty People from Salt Lake City 1951 births