Jim Johnson (New Jersey politician)
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| United States Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement | |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Raymond Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Jimmy Gurulé |
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James E. Johnson December 29, 1960 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
For other people named Jim Johnson, see .
Jim Johnson (born December 29, 1960) is an American politician, attorney, and community activist, who was formerly an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, where he received the Hamilton Award, the Department of Treasury’s highest award. He was a Democratic Party candidate in the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial race.
Johnson also served as co-chair of the National Church Arson Task Force alongside former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, chaired the board at the Brennan Center for Justice, co-founded the non-profit group New Jersey Communities Forward and was appointed as the federal affordable housing monitor in Westchester County, New York.
Johnson was born in Montclair, New Jersey to Byerte W. Johnson and Edward James Johnson III and Chase Hilmes. Johnson attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, from which he later received a Distinguished Alumni Award. After MKA, Johnson attended Harvard College, where he received a B.A. in Social Studies and graduated cum laude in 1983. He also graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, receiving his J.D. in 1986.
After law school, Johnson served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, successfully prosecuting a wide variety of criminal cases and rising to the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division.
During the Clinton administration, Johnson held several senior positions in the United States Department of the Treasury. He began as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, during which President Bill Clinton asked him to co-chair the National Church Arson Task Force, formed in response to a wave of arsons reported at African American churches throughout the South. In 1998, Johnson became the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, overseeing the operations of one third of federal law enforcement, including the United States Secret Service; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the United States Customs Service. In total, Johnson oversaw approximately 29,000 employees and a $4.2 billion budget. In the wake of the Columbine High School Massacre, Johnson was one of the first officials on the ground and fought to close the gun-show loophole that contributed to the massacre. Johnson worked closely with Attorney General Eric Holder on the gun-show loophole issue.
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