Second Prosecutor Quits Trump Inquiry in 1 Month as Security Clearance Issues Deepen Turmoil
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 28
Second Prosecutor Quits Trump Inquiry in 1 Month as Security Clearance Issues Deepen Turmoil
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 28
Summary
Kurt Olsen resigned Monday from the so-called grand conspiracy investigation after problems with his security clearance, becoming the second prosecutor to leave the case in a month.
His exit follows the abrupt departure three weeks ago of lead prosecutor Joseph diGenova, 81, whose superiors had grown frustrated by delays in bringing charges.
The inquiry has also lost FBI agent Jack Eckenrode in recent weeks and previously sidelined its first lead prosecutor after she told superiors the evidence was insufficient for charges.
The staffing upheaval hits the Justice Department's broadest effort to tie the Russia probe and the classified-documents case into a single plot against Trump, an investigation critics inside the department have viewed as weakly supported.