Dana Boente
Dana Boente | |
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| General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| In office January 23, 2018 – June 30, 2020 | |
| Director | Christopher A. Wray |
| Preceded by | James Baker |
| Succeeded by | Jason A. Jones |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division | |
| Acting April 28, 2017 – February 22, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Mary B. McCord (acting) |
| Succeeded by | John Demers |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| In office September 23, 2013 – January 28, 2018 Acting: September 23, 2013 – December 15, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Neil MacBride |
| Succeeded by | G. Zachary Terwilliger |
| In office October 2008 – September 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Chuck Rosenberg |
| Succeeded by | Neil MacBride |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| In office December 2012 – September 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jim Letten |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Polite |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| Acting February 9, 2017 – April 26, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates |
| Succeeded by | Rod Rosenstein |
| United States Attorney General | |
| Acting January 30, 2017 – February 9, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Channing D. Phillips(acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Sessions |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dana James Boente February 7, 1954 Carlinville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Saint Louis University (BS, MBA, JD) |
Dana James Boente (/ˈbɛnteɪ/ Bent-Ë) (born February 7, 1954) is an American attorney who served as General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from January 2018 to June 2020, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from September 2013 to January 2018 and as acting United States Attorney General from January to February 2017. He also served as acting assistant attorney general for the National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice. On October 27, 2017, Boente announced he would resign from the Department of Justice after a successor is in place. On January 23, 2018, Boente was named General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by the director, Christopher A. Wray, filling the vacancy after James Baker's reassignment to another part of the bureau.