It’s that time of the transition, folks. The old vestiges of the Trump administration within the Department of Justice are about to be wiped out except for two. John Durham
The United States Justice Department is expected to ask all but two U.S. attorneys to resign from their appointed posts. The resignation request will apply to 56 U.S. attorneys who were appointed by former President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The two prosecutors who will remain are Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who is overseeing the tax probe of Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, and John Durham, who is reinvestigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
Illinois’ two Democratic senators on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to reconsider removing Chicago’s top federal prosecutor from his post, saying they were not consulted in the matter and that he should remain in office to “conclude sensitive investigations.” The joint statement by Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth came after news reports Monday said the Biden administration will seek the resignations of virtually all U.S. attorneys who were appointed by Trump which would include John Lausch, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Illinois’ two Democratic senators on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to reconsider removing Chicago’s top federal prosecutor from his post, saying they were not consulted in the matter and