| Facts | - In 1982, he began his career as a law clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge J. Waldo Ackerman for the Central District of Illinois.
- He joined the Tax Division’s Criminal Section as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program in 1984.
- In January 2001, Boente was made an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Fraud Unit of EDVA.
- In August 2005, he was detailed to the Tax Division to serve as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
- Later Boente served as the U.S. Attorney for EDVA from October 2008 through September 2009.
- In December 2012, Boente was appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served in that position until September 2013.
- He became the Acting U.S. Attorney for EDVA by virtue of the Vacancy Reform Act on Sept. 23, 2013, and served in that position until Dec. 15, 2015.
- On 30 January 2017, US President Donald Trump announced Boente as Attorney General of the United States after firing Sally Yates for the defiance of the immigration ban.
- Nominated by President Barack Obama on October 8, 2015, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 15, 2015, as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, serving until January 2018.
- Served as Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States from February 9 to April 26, 2017.
- Named Acting Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division on April 28, 2017.
- On January 23, 2018, Boente was named general counsel to the FBI by Director Christopher Wray.
- On May 29, 2020, Boente resigned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, effective June 30, 2020.
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