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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name     = Department of Justice
|type            = Department
|seal            = US-DeptOfJustice-Seal.svg
|seal_width      = 140 px
|seal_caption    =
|formed          = June 22, 1870<br />July 1, 1870
|jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States]]
|headquarters = [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building]]<br />[[Washington, D.C.]]
|employees       = 112,500+ (2005)
|budget          = [[USD|$]]43.5 billion (2007)
|chief1_name     = [[Merrick Garland]]
|chief1_position = [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
|chief2_name     = [[Lisa Monaco]]
|chief2_position = [[United States Deputy Attorney General|Deputy Attorney General]]
|website         = [http://www.usdoj.gov/ www.usdoj.gov]
}}
[[File:Usdepartmentofjustice.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]]]]

The '''United States Department of Justice''' ('''DOJ''') is a [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] department in the [[Federal government of the United States]]. Its jobs are to enforce the [[law]], defend the interests of the United States according to [[law]], and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice. Parts of DOJ include the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]], and [[prosecutor]] offices in about a hundred districts in the United States. The DOJ is administered by the [[United States Attorney General]], one of the original members of the cabinet.

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