"We have been working on this for the better part of six months,” Scott said. Author: Izzy Greenblatt Updated: 1:01 PM PST February 17, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s typical for a U.S. attorney to step down at the start of a new presidency. It happened when former President Barack Obama left office and George W. Bush before that. Now it’s time for former President Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney appointees to step down. McGregor Scott has been the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California since 2017. He’s led the office in cracking down on ...