Dana Boente
Dana James Boente (/ˈbɛnteɪ/ Bent-Ë) (born February 7, 1954) is an American attorney who served as General Counsel of the FBI from January 2018 to 2020, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from September 2013 to January 2018, and as the 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 to the FBI by the director Christopher A. Wray, filling the vacancy after James Baker's reassignment to another part of the bureau.
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 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 |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| Acting February 9, 2017 – April 25, 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 | Sally Yates (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) |