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The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world's largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.</p><p><a href="/ag/historical-bios">Learn more about Attorneys General throughout history</a></p><p><a href="/ag/staff-profile/chief-staff-and-senior-counselor-attorney-general" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4bbca019-2ceb-4235-891a-33cf3ae11dc1" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Attorney General">Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Attorney General </a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="right-side"> <h3 class="right-header"> <div> <div class="field-formatter--string field_heading_right">Meet the Attorney General</div> </div> </h3> <div class="right-text-wrapper"> <div> <div class="field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body_right"><p><strong>Leadership</strong></p> <p><a href="/ag/staff-profile/meet-attorney-general">Merrick B. 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I am grateful to you and the entire team at... </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-date-1"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-21T12:00:00Z">November 21, 2024</time> </span></div></div> <div class="views-col col-4"><div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><span class="field-content"> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-type node-type"><span class="field-content">Press Release</span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/opa/pr/man-sentenced-nine-years-federal-prison-detonating-explosive-device-outside-alabama-attorney" hreflang="en">Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Detonating an Explosive Device Outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-teaser"><span class="field-content"> Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 27, of Irondale, Alabama, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for the malicious use of an explosive device outside of the Alabama... </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-date-1"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-21T12:00:00Z">November 21, 2024</time> </span></div></div> <div class="views-col col-5"><div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><span class="field-content"> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-type node-type"><span class="field-content">Speech</span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-us-attorneys-office-southern-3" hreflang="en">Attorney General Merrick B. 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