Justice Department Loses 3 Senior Officials After Midterms as Trump Probe Prosecutor Is Pushed Out
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Updated · CNN · Nov 6
Justice Department Loses 3 Senior Officials After Midterms as Trump Probe Prosecutor Is Pushed Out
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Nov 6
Summary
Three senior Justice Department officials resigned in the days after the midterms, with Southern Florida US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones leaving under pressure from department leadership, according to people familiar with the matter.
Quiñones had led the department’s sprawling “grand conspiracy” effort targeting Trump’s perceived political enemies, but senior officials faulted him for promising quick cases against former investigators of Trump that never materialized.
John Eisenberg, who ran the National Security Division, resigned Friday, and Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon left Thursday as Todd Blanche moved to reassert control over a department where some firebrand appointees were seen as liabilities.
Democrats are now poised to gain oversight power and investigate DOJ actions, while the administration may struggle to confirm replacements in a Democratic Senate and could rely on acting leaders for the rest of Trump’s term.