attorney general
noun
plural attorneys general or attorney generals
: the chief law officer of a nation or state who represents the government in litigation and serves as its principal legal adviser
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Aaron Reitz, whom President Donald Trump tapped to help lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, announced a bid on Thursday to become Texas’s next attorney general.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Newsom and California’s attorney general sued to reverse Trump’s takeover of the Guard without the consent of the governor, the first time in U.S. history a president had taken such an action.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 June 2025
California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, seeking a temporary restraining order over what the state has described as the Trump administration’s failure to properly follow the statute that allows federalizing the guard.
—Laura Strickler, NBC news, 13 June 2025
The case named Atlanta’s chief of police and the district attorney as respondents, as well as Georgia attorney general Michael Bowers.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Newsom and California’s attorney general sued to reverse Trump’s takeover of the Guard without the consent of the governor, the first time in U.S. history a president had taken such an action.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 June 2025
California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, seeking a temporary restraining order over what the state has described as the Trump administration’s failure to properly follow the statute that allows federalizing the guard.
—Laura Strickler, NBC news, 13 June 2025
The case named Atlanta’s chief of police and the district attorney as respondents, as well as Georgia attorney general Michael Bowers.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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“Attorney general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney%20general. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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