Dana J. Boente
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United States Deputy Attorney General Acting |
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Assumed office February 9, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates |
| Succeeded by | Rod Rosenstein (Nominee) |
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United States Attorney General Acting |
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In office January 30, 2017 – February 9, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Sessions |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
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Assumed office September 23, 2013 Acting: September 23, 2013 – December 15, 2015 |
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Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Neil MacBride |
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Dana James Boente February 7, 1954 Carlinville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | St. Louis University (BS, MBA, JD) |
Dana James Boente (/ˈbɛnteɪ/, BEN-tay; born February 7, 1954) is the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Acting United States Deputy Attorney General.
Boente is second in the line of succession to be the Attorney General of the United States. The order of succession was modified by an Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump on February 9, 2017, which reversed a previous Executive Order by President Barack Obama that changed the order of succession, without explanation, to remove Boente from the list. Boente was the Acting Attorney General of the United States from January 30, 2017 until February 9, 2017 and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He became Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States on February 9, 2017 when Attorney General Jeff Sessions was sworn in.
As per the recusal of Sessions on all matters pertaining to American presidential campaigns given revelations of communications with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 United States presidential election, Boente has been designated to perform the requisite functions of the attorneyship general with respect to the aforementioned matters, until a permanent deputy, such as current nominee Rod Rosenstein, is confirmed by the United States Senate.
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