Associate Attorney General, 2021- Present
Vanita Gupta is the current Associate Attorney General serving in the Biden administration. As Associate Attorney General, Gupta holds the third-highest position in the Department of Justice.
Gupta is the first woman of color and first civil rights attorney to be appointed as Associate Attorney General. After being confirmed, Gupta is now expected to oversee the Department of Justice during a time when the department is recommitting itself to the federal oversight of police departments.
From 2014 to 2017, Gupta served as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division under President Obama. Her tenure was marked by the passage of a wide range of criminal and civil enforcement efforts to advance constitutional policing and criminal justice reform.
Sources:
Breslow, Jason. “Civil Rights Attorney Vanita Gupta Confirmed As Associate Attorney General.” NPR. April 21, 2021. Accessed August 15, 2021. https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/21/989599055/civil-rights-attorney-vanita-gupta-confirmed-as-associate-attorney-general.
“Vanita Gupta.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. March 11, 2019. Accessed August 15, 2021. https://civilrights.org/about/our-staff/vanita-gupta/.
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