Friday, March 10, 2017

Jeff Sessions asks Obama's holdover US attorneys to resign

Weasel Zippers



"One exception may be Preet Bharara, who had been asked to stay on by President Donald Trump. He is in charge of continuing investigations of the Clinton Foundation.
"But cleaning house, although relatively normal, seems to be essential in a time where hold-overs seem to be trying to sabotage the current administration.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday asked the remaining 46 U.S. attorneys appointed by President Obama to resign.
According to the Justice Department, those resignations will “ensure a uniform transition.”
“Until the new U.S. attorneys are confirmed, the dedicated career prosecutions in our U.S. Attorney’s Offices will continue the great work of the department in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the most violent offenders,” said spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores in a statement Friday afternoon.

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