{"entity":"us-department-of-justice","id":"ent_us-department-of-justice","name":"United States Department of Justice","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/us-department-of-justice/founded","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, United States Department of Justice's founding date on the AsOf record is July 1, 1870, dated July 1, 1870, from a primary source (usgovernmentmanual.gov) and one further source (blogs.loc.gov). The record holds 1 claim on United States Department of Justice's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_5C84163446EF"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_5C84163446EF","value":"1870-07-01","valid_from":"1870-07-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2017-12-04","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.65,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553390","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/12/the-creation-of-the-department-of-justice/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"blogs.loc.gov","published_at":"2017-12-04T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/Agency?EType=jY3M4CTKVHY%3D&EntityId=8iPvf%2FKZKuk%3D&ParentEId=+klubNxgV0o%3D","tier":"primary","publisher":"The United States Government Manual","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"The statute became effective on July 1, 1870, and gave the DOJ control over all Federal law enforcement and all criminal prosecutions and civil suits in which the United States has an interest.","url":"https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/Agency?EType=jY3M4CTKVHY%3D&EntityId=8iPvf%2FKZKuk%3D&ParentEId=+klubNxgV0o%3D"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is United States Department of Justice's current founding date?","answer":"July 1, 1870, dated July 1, 1870, from a primary source (usgovernmentmanual.gov) and one further source (blogs.loc.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.65)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}