Category: U.S. Attorney General

Loretta Lynch
Loretta Lynch


Loretta Elizabeth Lynch served as the attorney general of the United States from April 27, 2015 to January 20, 2017, becoming the first African American woman to hold this office—the second African American after Eric Holder and the second woman after Janet Reno. Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her father was a Baptist minister who opened his church's basement to civil rights leaders and students who organized lunch counter sit-ins in North Carolina. As a child, she and her father would often watch court […]
Sally Quillian Yates
Sally Quillian Yates


Sally Yates served as United States acting attorney general from January 20, 2017, following the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, until being dismissed by Trump on January 30, 2017, following her instruction to the Justice Department not to defend Trump's immigration-related executive order in court. Yates was born on born August 20, 1960, in Atlanta, Georgia as Sally Caroline Quillian. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1982 from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor from the University […]