Is Trump the "chief law-enforcement officer of the United States"? This article from Business Insider, and many others, say that > President Donald Trump falsely designated himself the "chief law-enforcement officer...--prophetes.ai

Is Trump the "chief law-enforcement officer of the United States"? This article from Business Insider, and many others, say that > President Donald Trump falsely designated himself the "chief law-enforcement officer of the United States" while speaking with reporters on Tuesday. Is that the case?

**No he is not.**

The White House web-page on the Executive Branch explains:

> The Attorney General is the head of the DOJ and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.

According to 28 U.S. Code § 503:

> The Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice.

Note: The actual claim isn't as strong as the question claims. Trump showed he wasn't sure by prefixing it with "I’m actually, I guess". His guess, in this case, was wrong.