Lisa Monaco

Lisa Oudens Monaco (born February 25, 1968) is an American attorney and politician. Monaco was the 39th United States Deputy Attorney General from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. She was the Homeland Security Adviser to President Barack Obama. Monaco also served as acting United States Attorney General in her capacity as United States Deputy Attorney General for a couple of hours following the resignation of Merrick Garland at noon on January 20, 2025, pursuant to , until her own resignation after a couple of hours with Gary M. Restaino then serving as acting United States Attorney General in his capacity as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, pursuant to Executive Order 14136 titled "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice" that was signed by President Joe Biden on January 3, 2025 and published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2025, for a few hours until President Donald Trump signed an executive order naming DOJ Chief Administrative Hearing Officer James McHenry as acting United States Attorney General later in the day on January 20, 2025.

Career
Monaco was the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from 2011 to 2013, and as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department. 

In 2017, Monaco became a senior national security analyst for CNN.

On January 6, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden nominated Monaco to become United States Deputy Attorney General under his administration. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 20, 2021 with a 98-2 vote and sworn-in the next day.

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