DOJ

Attorney General's department

DOJ is the abbreviation for the United States Department of Justice, the federal executive department responsible for law enforcement and administration of justice.

It oversees federal prosecutions, the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies.

The DOJ announced an investigation into civil rights violations.

law enforcement

FBI

U.S. domestic intelligence agency

  • DEAFederal narcotics agency
  • ATFFirearms oversight agency
  • US MarshalsFederal law enforcement agency

federal agents · task force · raid · arrest · detention · corrections · BOP · fugitive · extradition · wiretap

agency

Justice Department

Federal law enforcement agency

indictment · investigation · subpoena · lawsuit · antitrust · civil rights · litigation · enforcement · Sessions · Mueller

oversight

congressional hearing

Official governmental fact-finding session

transparency · watchdog · audit · ethics · recusal · obstruction · contempt · executive privilege · redaction · FOIA

Categories
Opposites
branch of government/legal system role

DOJfederal courts

Judiciary handling nationwide cases

judicial branch · Supreme Court · federal bench · SCOTUS · appellate courts

prosecution vs. defense

DOJpublic defender

Attorney representing those unable to afford one

defense counsel · ACLU · innocence projects · defense team · defendants

law enforcement vs. lawbreaking

DOJorganized crime

Structured illegal enterprise

the mob · criminal enterprises · cartels · mafia · criminal syndicates

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G