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Undated: Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973) is an American lawyer, academic, and former government official. She served as the United States Associate Attorney General from May 22, 2017, until February 20, 2018, when she resigned to take a job as head of global corporate governance at Walmart.[2][3] Brand was the first woman to serve as Associate Attorney General.[4] She also served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the George W. Bush administration and was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Prior to becoming Associate Attorney General, Brand was an associate professor at Antonin Scalia Law School.[5][6]
On February 1, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Brand to be United States Associate Attorney General.[23] Her appointment was confirmed 52–46 by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2017,[24] and she was sworn in on May 22, 2017. The reauthorization of the 702 section of the surveillance law was a job assignment of the subject according to CNN.[25] On February 9, 2018, the New York Times reported that Brand, along with her assistant Currie Gunn, resigned from the Justice Department. The NY Times article indicated Brand oversaw "a wide swath of the Justice Department" and helped lead the department’s effort to extend Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act that "authorizes the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program."[3][26] On February 12, 2018, NBC News reported that Brand quit the Justice Department over fear she might be asked to oversee the Russia probe and was taking a position with Walmart as EVP of Global Governance and Corporate Secretary.[2][27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Brand
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