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'''Dana James Boente''' ({{IPAc-en|'|b|ɛ|n|t|eɪ}}, {{respell|BEN|tay}}; born February 7, 1954) is the [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|Eastern District of Virginia]] |
'''Dana James Boente''' ({{IPAc-en|'|b|ɛ|n|t|eɪ}}, {{respell|BEN|tay}}; born February 7, 1954) is the [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|Eastern District of Virginia]].<ref name="Meet the U.S. Attorney: Dana J. Boente">{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/meet-us-attorney|title=Meet the U.S. Attorney: Dana J. Boente|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice|accessdate=February 1, 2016}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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Boente was second in the line of succession of the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General of the United States]] pursuant to an [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] by [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]] then in force. He was appointed by President [[Donald Trump]] Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] was [[Dismissals of Sally Yates and Daniel Ragsdale|dismissed by Trump]] earlier that evening.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lichtblau|first1=Eric|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|last3=Landler|first3=Mark|title=Trump Fires Acting Attorney General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://lawfareblog.com/acting-attorney-general-sally-yates-refuses-enforce-trump-refugee-eo|title=Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Refuses to Enforce Trump Refugee EO|last=|first=|date=January 31, 2017|work=|publisher=Lawfare Blog|via=|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref> He acted in that role until February 9, 2017<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/us/politics/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-confirmation.html| title=Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General, Capping Bitter Battle |last=Lichtblau|first=Eric|date=February 8, 2017|work=|publisher=The New York Times Company|via=|accessdate=February 9, 2017}}</ref> when he became the Acting [[United States Deputy Attorney General]]. On February 9, 2017, Trump signed a new Executive Order to replace Obama's EO, and which modified the order of succession to remove Boente from the list.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/|title=Without fanfare, Trump reverses Obama order on Justice Department succession|last=|first=|date=February 10, 2017|work=|publisher=USA Today|via=|accessdate=February 13, 2017}}</ref> When [[Jeff Sessions]] was confirmed and sworn in as Attorney General on February 9, 2017, Boente became Acting Deputy Attorney General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/dag/staff-profile/meet-acting-deputy-attorney-general|title=Meet the Acting Deputy Attorney General {{!}} DAG {{!}} Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-02-28}}</ref> |
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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 [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html|title=Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking|last=Goldman|first=Matthew Rosenberg, Adam|date=2017-03-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-03|last2=Schmidt|first2=Michael S.|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html|title=Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> Boente had been designated to perform the requisite functions of the attorneyship general with respect to the aforementioned matters, until the permanent deputy, [[Rod J. Rosenstein|Rod Rosenstein]], was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] and sworn into office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-statement-recusal|title=Attorney General Sessions Statement on Recusal|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> |
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 [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html|title=Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking|last=Goldman|first=Matthew Rosenberg, Adam|date=2017-03-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-03|last2=Schmidt|first2=Michael S.|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html|title=Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> Boente had been designated to perform the requisite functions of the attorneyship general with respect to the aforementioned matters, until the permanent deputy, [[Rod J. Rosenstein|Rod Rosenstein]], was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] and sworn into office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-statement-recusal|title=Attorney General Sessions Statement on Recusal|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> |
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In December 2012, Boente was appointed by [[United States Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a position he held until September 2013. He became the Acting U.S. Attorney for EDVA by virtue of the [[Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998|Vacancy Reform Act]] on September 23, 2013, and served in that position until December 15, 2015. In this role, he was involved in [[McDonnell v. United States|the sentencing of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell]]. He stated that, "No one is above the law... not a high public official, not even the highest public official [in Virginia]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wtvr.com/2015/01/06/federal-attorney-on-mcdonnell-sentence-no-one-is-above-law/|title=US attorney on McDonnell sentence: ‘No one is above the law’|date=January 6, 2015|website=WTVR.com|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> |
In December 2012, Boente was appointed by [[United States Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a position he held until September 2013. He became the Acting U.S. Attorney for EDVA by virtue of the [[Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998|Vacancy Reform Act]] on September 23, 2013, and served in that position until December 15, 2015. In this role, he was involved in [[McDonnell v. United States|the sentencing of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell]]. He stated that, "No one is above the law... not a high public official, not even the highest public official [in Virginia]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wtvr.com/2015/01/06/federal-attorney-on-mcdonnell-sentence-no-one-is-above-law/|title=US attorney on McDonnell sentence: ‘No one is above the law’|date=January 6, 2015|website=WTVR.com|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> |
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He was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] on October 8, 2015, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2015, as the 60th U.S. Attorney for the EDVA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/obama-nominates-dana-boente-for-u-s-attorney-in-virginia/article_b45fe903-17fb-5a70-a9c1-46ba6d8192a0.html|title=Obama nominates Dana Boente for U.S. attorney in Virginia|last=|first=|date=October 9, 2015|work=|newspaper=Virginian-Pilot|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|via=}}</ref> He was appointed by President [[Donald Trump]] as Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] was [[Dismissals of Sally Yates and Daniel Ragsdale|dismissed by Trump]] earlier that evening.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lichtblau|first1=Eric|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|last3=Landler|first3=Mark|title=Trump Fires Acting Attorney General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Previously, Trump nominated [[Jeff Sessions]] for Attorney General. The [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] held a hearing on the nomination in early January and voted 11-9 in favor of the nomination on February 1, 2017<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488|title=Sessions clears committee on party-line 11-9 vote|last=Kim|first=Seung Min|date=February 1, 2017|work=Politico|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref> before being confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/jeff-sessions-vote-senate-slog/index.html|title=Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general|last=CNN|first=Ashley Killough, Tom LoBianco and Ted Barrett|website=CNN|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref> Boente was one of the 46 [[United States Attorney]]s ordered on March 10, 2017 to |
He was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] on October 8, 2015, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2015, as the 60th U.S. Attorney for the EDVA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/obama-nominates-dana-boente-for-u-s-attorney-in-virginia/article_b45fe903-17fb-5a70-a9c1-46ba6d8192a0.html|title=Obama nominates Dana Boente for U.S. attorney in Virginia|last=|first=|date=October 9, 2015|work=|newspaper=Virginian-Pilot|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|via=}}</ref> He was appointed by President [[Donald Trump]] as Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] was [[Dismissals of Sally Yates and Daniel Ragsdale|dismissed by Trump]] earlier that evening.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lichtblau|first1=Eric|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|last3=Landler|first3=Mark|title=Trump Fires Acting Attorney General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Previously, Trump nominated [[Jeff Sessions]] for Attorney General. The [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] held a hearing on the nomination in early January and voted 11-9 in favor of the nomination on February 1, 2017<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-judiciary-jeff-sessions-234488|title=Sessions clears committee on party-line 11-9 vote|last=Kim|first=Seung Min|date=February 1, 2017|work=Politico|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref> before being confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/jeff-sessions-vote-senate-slog/index.html|title=Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general|last=CNN|first=Ashley Killough, Tom LoBianco and Ted Barrett|website=CNN|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref> Boente was one of the 46 [[United States Attorney]]s ordered on March 10, 2017 to tender their resignation by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined his resignation.<ref name="Abruptly">{{cite news|title=Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/us-attorney-justice-department-trump.html|accessdate=March 10, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 10, 2017|first1=Charlie|last1=Savage|first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522}}</ref> |
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Dana Boente | |
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| United States Deputy Attorney General Acting | |
| In office February 9, 2017 – April 25, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates |
| Succeeded by | Rod Rosenstein |
| United States Attorney General Acting | |
| In office January 30, 2017 – February 9, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Sessions |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| Assumed office September 23, 2013 Acting: September 23, 2013 – December 15, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Neil MacBride |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 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.[1]
Boente was second in the line of succession of the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to an Executive Order by President Barack Obama then in force. He was appointed by President Donald Trump Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was dismissed by Trump earlier that evening.[2][3] He acted in that role until February 9, 2017[4] when he became the Acting United States Deputy Attorney General. On February 9, 2017, Trump signed a new Executive Order to replace Obama's EO, and which modified the order of succession to remove Boente from the list.[5] When Jeff Sessions was confirmed and sworn in as Attorney General on February 9, 2017, Boente became Acting Deputy Attorney General.[6]
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,[7][8] Boente had been designated to perform the requisite functions of the attorneyship general with respect to the aforementioned matters, until the permanent deputy, Rod Rosenstein, was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn into office.[9]
Early life and education
Boente was born in Carlinville, Illinois in 1954 to James and Doris Boente.[1] Boente received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Saint Louis University in 1976 and his Masters of Business Administration from there in 1977. He then attended the Saint Louis University School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1982.[1]
Career
In 1982, Boente began his career as a law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge J. Waldo Ackerman for the Central District of Illinois. In 1984, he joined the Tax Division’s Criminal Section as part of the Attorney General's Honors Program. Boente became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Fraud Unit of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) in 2001.
In December 2012, Boente was appointed by United States Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a position he held until September 2013. He became the Acting U.S. Attorney for EDVA by virtue of the Vacancy Reform Act on September 23, 2013, and served in that position until December 15, 2015. In this role, he was involved in the sentencing of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. He stated that, "No one is above the law... not a high public official, not even the highest public official [in Virginia]."[10]
He was nominated by President Barack Obama on October 8, 2015, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2015, as the 60th U.S. Attorney for the EDVA.[11] He was appointed by President Donald Trump as Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was dismissed by Trump earlier that evening.[12] Previously, Trump nominated Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the nomination in early January and voted 11-9 in favor of the nomination on February 1, 2017[13] before being confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2017.[14] Boente was one of the 46 United States Attorneys ordered on March 10, 2017 to tender their resignation by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined his resignation.[15]
Personal life
Boente has lived in Northern Virginia for 29 years.[1]
See also
- 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys
- Dismissals of Sally Yates and Daniel Ragsdale
- Executive Order 13775
- Cabinet of Donald Trump
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
References
- ^ a b c d "Meet the U.S. Attorney: Dana J. Boente". U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric; Apuzzo, Matt; Landler, Mark (January 30, 2017). "Trump Fires Acting Attorney General". The New York Times.
- ^ "Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Refuses to Enforce Trump Refugee EO". Lawfare Blog. January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric (February 8, 2017). "Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General, Capping Bitter Battle". The New York Times Company. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Without fanfare, Trump reverses Obama order on Justice Department succession". USA Today. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Meet the Acting Deputy Attorney General | DAG | Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Goldman, Matthew Rosenberg, Adam; Schmidt, Michael S. (March 1, 2017). "Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose". Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Attorney General Sessions Statement on Recusal". www.justice.gov. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "US attorney on McDonnell sentence: 'No one is above the law'". WTVR.com. January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "Obama nominates Dana Boente for U.S. attorney in Virginia". Virginian-Pilot. October 9, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric; Apuzzo, Matt; Landler, Mark (January 30, 2017). "Trump Fires Acting Attorney General". The New York Times.
- ^ Kim, Seung Min (February 1, 2017). "Sessions clears committee on party-line 11-9 vote". Politico. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ CNN, Ashley Killough, Tom LoBianco and Ted Barrett. "Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general". CNN. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Savage, Charlie; Haberman, Maggie (March 10, 2017). "Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
