<Tr> <Th> Salary </Th> <Td> Executive Schedule, level 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.justice.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per 28 U.S.C. § 503, concerned with legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government . Also in cases of the federal death penalty, the power to seek the death penalty rests with the Attorney General . </P> <P> The Attorney General is appointed by the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate . The Attorney General is subject to summary dismissal by the President and impeachment by Congress . The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions, who assumed the office on February 9, 2017 . The Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and is seventh in the presidential line of succession . </P>

Which department in the presidents cabinet is led by the attorney general