Feb 09, 2021 · In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked 46 Obama-appointed US attorneys to submit their resignations. A handful were allowed to stay on for a brief period, but most had to leave ...
Feb 09, 2021 · Biden administration asks Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign ... Trump’s first attorney general, asked for resignations from US attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama, Democratic ...
Feb 09, 2021 · The acting attorney general, Monty Wilkinson, called U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who runs the federal prosecutor's office in Delaware, and …
Feb 09, 2021 · Biden DOJ to ask nearly all Trump-era Attorney Generals to Resign By Kambree Nelson - February 9, 2021 The Biden administration DOJ will be begin removing nearly all U.S. attorneys appointed during the Trump administration with two exceptions, a senior DOJ official told NBC News.
There are 93 US attorneys around the country, though as of Tuesday, only 57 appointed by Trump and confirmed by the Senate remained, according to a Justice Department website.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday asked the remaining US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate to submit their resignations, sparing only two federal prosecutors who are conducting politically sensitive probes, including of President Biden’s son, according to a Justice Department news release and other officials.
The U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and are generally nominated with a recommendation from a home-state senator. The 93 U.S. attorneys are responsible for overseeing the offices of federal prosecutors and charged with prosecuting federal crimes in their jurisdictions.
The tax investigation was launched in 2018, the year before the elder Biden announced his candidacy for president, two sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News. Hunter Biden confirmed the existence of the investigation in December after a round of subpoenas was issued in the case.
The acting attorney general, Monty Wilkinson, called U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who runs the federal prosecutor's office in Delaware, and asked him to remain on the job, the official said. ...
Washington — As early as Tuesday, the Biden administration will begin asking dozens of U.S. attorneys across the country to resign, a senior Justice Department official tells CBS News' Clare Hymes. They will include most of the ones who were appointed by former President Trump, as the Biden administration moves to transition to its own nominees, The Associated Press says.
The Senate has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for Mr. Biden's attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court. CNN was first to report that the department was seeking the resignations.
President Biden and the Justice Department have asked U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Trump to resign from their posts by the end of the month, Fox News has learned.
A well-placed government source told Fox News that Hunter Biden is a subject/target of the grand jury investigation. According to the source, a "target" means that there is a "high probability that person committed a crime," while a "subject" is someone you "don't know for sure" has committed a crime. The source also told Fox News that this ...
Sherwin has had oversight of the prosecutions stemming from the Capitol riot on Jan. 6. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday was asked about Weiss and Durham, and said that those "decisions were made in order to fulfill his promise of maintaining independence."