United States Deputy Attorney GeneralThe United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the department. The deputy attorney general acts as attorney general during the absence of the attorney general. The deputy attorney general is a political appointee of the president of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. The position was created in 1950.
United States District Court for the District of MarylandThe United States District Court for the District of Maryland (in , D. Md.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland. Appeals from the District of Maryland are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
United States AttorneyUnited States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal criminal prosecutor in their judicial district and represents the U.S. federal government in civil litigation in federal and state court within their geographic jurisdiction.
James ComeyJames Brien Comey Jr. (; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017. During the presidential administration of George W. Bush, Comey was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from January 2002 to December 2003 and later the United States deputy attorney general from December 2003 to August 2005.
Dismissal of James ComeyLife and businessEarly life and educationBusiness careerThe Trump Organizationwealthtax returnsMedia careerThe ApprenticebibliographyfilmographyFamilyAge and healthFoundationPublic imageIn popular culture"Trump always chickens out"EponymsPseudonymsSNL parodiesResidencesAmerican footballGolfHonorsLegal affairsIndictmentsSexual misconduct allegationsEpstein tiesMakeupHandshakesAssassination attemptsNVPAperpetratorphotographsFLperpetratorDCViews and ideologyTrumpismPolitical positionsEndorsements"Make America Great Again"MovementRhetoricNicknamesReligionRacial viewsAntisemitismFascismConspiracy theoriesMisinformation"Trump derangement syndrome"Election denialismThird term45th and 47th President of the United StatesPresidencies firstsecondtimelineTransitions firstsecondInaugurations firstsecondPresidential libraryTenureFirst 100 days firstsecondExecutive actionsexecutive ordersproclamationspardonsTripsinternationalOpinion polling firstsecondLegal affairsProtestsSocial media (X)Corruption allegations2026 RNCPoliciesDomestic firstsecondEconomic firstsecondtariffs firstsecondLiberation Day tariffstrade wars ChinaCanada and MexicoEnvironment firstsecondwind energyForeign firstsecondAmerica FirstAmerican expansionismDonroe DoctrineOperation Southern SpearGreenland crisisIran relations firstsecond2026 Iran warGovernment shutdowns 20182018–201920252026Immigration firstsecondInfrastructureSocial firstsecondcannabis firstsecondSpace firstsecondAppointmentsFirst CabinetSecond CabinetAmbassadorsFederal judgesGorsuchKavanaughBarrettSupreme Court candidatesExecutivesU.S. AttorneysPresidential campaigns2000primaries2016electionprimariesendorsementsralliesconventiondebatesNever Trump movementpeopleAccess Hollywood tapewiretapping allegationsSpygate2020electionprimariesendorsements politicalnon-politicaloppositionralliesconventiondebatesGOP reactions to election fraud claimsTrump–Raffensperger phone call2024electionprimariesendorsementsoppositioneligibilityAgenda 47ralliesconventiondebatesImpeachmentsEffortsresolutionsFirst impeachmentTrump–Ukraine scandalHouse inquirySenate trialSecond impeachmentCapitol attackSenate trialProposed expungementsProsecutions2020 election federal indictmentClassified documents federal indictmentspecial counsel investigationPlasmic EchoFBI search of Mar-a-LagoTrump v. United StatesNew York indictmentStormy Daniels scandalKaren McDougal affairfinancial fraudGeorgia election indictmentGeorgia election investigationmug shotCOVID-19 pandemicTaskforceGovernment responsestimulus billsCARES ActConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Operation Warp SpeedWhite House outbreakInterference with science agenciesJames Comey, the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was fired by U.S. PresidentDonald Trump on May 9, 2017.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.)
Trump administration family separation policy2017–2018 U.S. border policyUrsula detention facility in McAllen, Texas, dated June 2018Children shown in sleeping mats and thermal blankets on floorLife and businessEarly life and educationBusiness careerThe Trump Organizationwealthtax returnsMedia careerThe ApprenticebibliographyfilmographyFamilyAge and healthFoundationPublic imageIn popular culture"Trump always chickens out"EponymsPseudonymsSNL parodiesResidencesAmerican footballGolfHonorsLegal affairsIndictmentsSexual misconduct allegationsEpstein tiesMakeupHandshakesAssassination attemptsNVPAperpetratorphotographsFLperpetratorDCViews and ideologyTrumpismPolitical positionsEndorsements"Make America Great Again"MovementRhetoricNicknamesReligionRacial viewsAntisemitismFascismConspiracy theoriesMisinformation"Trump derangement syndrome"Election denialismThird term45th and 47th President of the United StatesPresidencies firstsecondtimelineTransitions firstsecondInaugurations firstsecondPresidential libraryTenureFirst 100 days firstsecondExecutive actionsExecutive orders firstsecondproclamationsPardons firstsecondTripsinternationalOpinion polling firstsecondLegal affairsProtestsSocial media (X)Corruption allegationsInsider trading2026 RNCPoliciesDomestic firstsecondEconomic firstsecondtariffs firstsecondLiberation Day tariffstrade wars ChinaCanadaMexicoEnvironment firstsecondwind energyForeign firstsecondAmerica FirstAmerican expansionismDonroe DoctrineOperation Southern SpearGreenland crisisIran relations firstsecond2026 Iran warGovernment shutdowns 20182018–201920252026Immigration firstsecondInfrastructureSocial firstsecondcannabis firstsecondSpace firstsecondAppointmentsFirst CabinetSecond CabinetAmbassadorsFederal judgesGorsuchKavanaughBarrettSupreme Court candidatesExecutivesU.S. AttorneysPresidential campaigns2000primaries2016electionprimariesendorsementsralliesconventiondebatesNever Trump movementpeopleAccess Hollywood tapewiretapping allegationsSpygate2020electionprimariesendorsements politicalnon-politicaloppositionralliesconventiondebatesGOP reactions to election fraud claimsTrump–Raffensperger phone call2024electionprimariesendorsementsoppositioneligibilityAgenda 47ralliesconventiondebatesImpeachmentsEffortsresolutionsFirst impeachmentTrump–Ukraine scandalHouse inquirySenate trialSecond impeachmentCapitol attackSenate trialProposed expungementsProsecutions2020 election federal indictmentClassified documents federal indictmentspecial counsel investigationPlasmic EchoFBI search of Mar-a-LagoTrump v. United StatesNew York indictmentStormy Daniels scandalKaren McDougal affairfinancial fraudGeorgia election indictmentGeorgia election investigationmug shotCOVID-19 pandemicTaskforceGovernment responsestimulus billsCARES ActConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Operation Warp SpeedWhite House outbreakInterference with science agenciesThe family separation policy under the first Trump administration was a controversial immigration enforcement strategy implemented in the United States from 2017 to 2018, aimed at deterring illegal immigration by separating migrant children from their parents or guardians.
United States SenateThe United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameralUnited States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the Constitution to make and pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm U.S. presidential appointments, to approve or reject treaties, and to convict or exonerate impeachment cases brought by the House.
Donald TrumpLife and businessEarly life and educationBusiness careerThe Trump Organizationwealthtax returnsMedia careerThe ApprenticebibliographyfilmographyFamilyAge and healthFoundationPublic imageIn popular culture"Trump always chickens out"EponymsPseudonymsSNL parodiesResidencesAmerican footballGolfHonorsLegal affairsIndictmentsSexual misconduct allegationsEpstein tiesMakeupHandshakesAssassination attemptsNVPAperpetratorphotographsFLperpetratorDCViews and ideologyTrumpismPolitical positionsEndorsements"Make America Great Again"MovementRhetoricNicknamesReligionRacial viewsAntisemitismFascismConspiracy theoriesMisinformation"Trump derangement syndrome"Election denialismThird term45th and 47th President of the United StatesPresidencies firstsecondtimelineTransitions firstsecondInaugurations firstsecondPresidential libraryTenureFirst 100 days firstsecondExecutive actionsexecutive ordersproclamationspardonsTripsinternationalOpinion polling firstsecondLegal affairsProtestsSocial media (X)Corruption allegations2026 RNCPoliciesDomestic firstsecondEconomic firstsecondtariffs firstsecondLiberation Day tariffstrade wars ChinaCanada and MexicoEnvironment firstsecondwind energyForeign firstsecondAmerica FirstAmerican expansionismDonroe DoctrineOperation Southern SpearGreenland crisisIran relations firstsecond2026 Iran warGovernment shutdowns 20182018–201920252026Immigration firstsecondInfrastructureSocial firstsecondcannabis firstsecondSpace firstsecondAppointmentsFirst CabinetSecond CabinetAmbassadorsFederal judgesGorsuchKavanaughBarrettSupreme Court candidatesExecutivesU.S. AttorneysPresidential campaigns2000primaries2016electionprimariesendorsementsralliesconventiondebatesNever Trump movementpeopleAccess Hollywood tapewiretapping allegationsSpygate2020electionprimariesendorsements politicalnon-politicaloppositionralliesconventiondebatesGOP reactions to election fraud claimsTrump–Raffensperger phone call2024electionprimariesendorsementsoppositioneligibilityAgenda 47ralliesconventiondebatesImpeachmentsEffortsresolutionsFirst impeachmentTrump–Ukraine scandalHouse inquirySenate trialSecond impeachmentCapitol attackSenate trialProposed expungementsProsecutions2020 election federal indictmentClassified documents federal indictmentspecial counsel investigationPlasmic EchoFBI search of Mar-a-LagoTrump v. United StatesNew York indictmentStormy Daniels scandalKaren McDougal affairfinancial fraudGeorgia election indictmentGeorgia election investigationmug shotCOVID-19 pandemicTaskforceGovernment responsestimulus billsCARES ActConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021Operation Warp SpeedWhite House outbreakInterference with science agenciesDonald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States.
Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a United States federal law enforcement agency, and is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The FBI director is appointed for a single 10-year term by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The FBI is an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ), and thus the director reports to the attorney general of the United States.
Northern Triangle of Central AmericaThe Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the three Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The term is used with respect to the countries' economic integration, and their shared challenges, including widespread poverty, violence, and corruption, which have prompted many to become refugees fleeing the three nations.
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