United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
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The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is the United States Attorney
responsible for representing the federal government
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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Because unlike typical municipalities, Washington, D.C. is governed by the US Congress, the federal government's representative is responsible not only for the prosecution of all federal crimes, but also for the prosecution of all serious local crime committed by adults in the District of Columbia. Therefore, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia serves both as the federal prosecutor (as in the other 92 US Attorneys' offices) and as the local District Attorney
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United States Attorney
United States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...
responsible for representing the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...
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Because unlike typical municipalities, Washington, D.C. is governed by the US Congress, the federal government's representative is responsible not only for the prosecution of all federal crimes, but also for the prosecution of all serious local crime committed by adults in the District of Columbia. Therefore, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia serves both as the federal prosecutor (as in the other 92 US Attorneys' offices) and as the local District Attorney
District attorney
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
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