Editing United States Attorney General (section)

==Line of succession==
{{USC|28|508}} establishes the first two positions in the line of succession, while allowing the attorney general to designate other high-ranking officers of the Department of Justice as subsequent successors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2016-title28/html/USCODE-2016-title28-partII-chap31-sec508.htm|title=U.S.C. Title 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|website=www.gpo.gov|access-date=June 14, 2018|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032226/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2016-title28/html/USCODE-2016-title28-partII-chap31-sec508.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, the most recent [[Executive order|Executive Order]] pertaining to the line of succession, [[Executive order|Executive Order]] 14136 titled “Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice” that was signed by President [[Joe Biden]] on January 3, 2025 and published in the [[Federal Register]] on January 13, 2025<ref name=":29">{{cite web |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-00611 |title=Executive Order 14136 |website=[[Federal Register]]|date=January 13, 2025 }}</ref> but was revoked by President [[Donald Trump]] on January 20, 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/ |title=INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS |website=[[White House]]|date=January 20, 2025 }}</ref> and has yet to be replaced with another executive order pertaining to the line of succession, defines subsequent positions. The most recent line of succession was:

# [[United States Deputy Attorney General]]
# [[United States Associate Attorney General]]
# Other officers potentially designated by the attorney general (in no particular order):
#* [[Solicitor General of the United States]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division|Antitrust Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division|Civil Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division|Civil Rights Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Criminal Division|Criminal Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice National Security Division|National Security Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division|Environment and Natural Resources Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[United States Department of Justice Tax Division|Tax Division]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[Office of Justice Programs]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[Office of Legal Counsel]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[Office of Legal Policy]]
#* Assistant Attorney General, [[U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs|Office of Legislative Affairs]]
# [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]
# [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona|District of Arizona]]
# [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois|Northern District of Illinois]]
# [[United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii]]