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11. Contrary to what the story says, the DOJ is not an "independent agency."

Thu May 11, 2017, 07:20 AM

May 2017

The FCC is an independent agency. The SEC is an independent agency. The DOJ is an executive branch department and the AG is a member of the President's cabinet (and serves at the pleasure of the President). Legally, there is a big difference.

That being said, there is a tradition, which presidents occasionally fail to follow, of maintaining a greater degree of separation between DOJ and the White House than is the case with other executive branch departments.

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Contrary to what the story says, the DOJ is not an "independent agency." onenote May 2017 #11