Senior prosecutor in Washington quits, citing pressure to probe Biden-era climate funds
Denise Cheung’s departure comes as Trump seeks to elevate the office’s temporary leader, interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, to the post permanently.
Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending
The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to open a grand jury investigation that she viewed as premature,
Senior US prosecutor Denise Cheung resigns after alleged Trump-era pressure on Biden probe
Denise Cheung, a senior U.S. prosecutor, resigned after rejecting a Trump-appointed demand to investigate a Biden-era contract without evidence. She also refused pressure to freeze assets unlawfully.
DOJ Prosecutor Quits Over Trump Admin Pressure to Probe Biden-Era Contract
Her resignation is the latest by prosecutors in protest of what they see as improper political interference by the Trump admin.
Top DOJ prosecutor resigns after refusing to investigate EPA climate spending
The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., Denise Cheung, resigned on Tuesday after Trump appointees requested an investigation into an Environmental Protection Agency funding decision during the Biden administration.
Top DC prosecutor resigns as EPA seeks criminal probe of Biden climate funding
The top criminal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Denise Cheung, resigned on Tuesday, following a reported directive to launch an investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding approved under the Biden administration.
Read the resignation letter by Denise Cheung, a veteran D.C. federal prosecutor
She refused a Trump administration demand to freeze environmental grant assets.
Denise Cheung, the US prosecutor resisting Trump
A lifetime public servant, the by-the-book lawyer is the latest to defend the integrity of an increasingly imperilled justice system ...
Supervisor in DC federal prosecutors’ office told to resign after dispute over investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top supervisor in the federal prosecutors’ office in Washington said she was forced to resign following a ...
Top criminal prosecutor in U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. resigns
The head of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C, has resigned her post, the latest in a ...
Prosecutor in U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington Abruptly Resigns
The resignation of the prosecutor, Denise Cheung, comes at a turbulent moment at the Justice Department, as President Trump ...
High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns over order to freeze EPA funds
The criminal division chief refused to use DOJ power to compel the bank, citing lack of evidence of a crime after Trump ...
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'She was exactly right': Critics sound off as DOJ is rocked by 'yet another resignation'
On Tuesday morning, February 18, the Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was rocked by yet another resignation.
Project Veritas Video At Heart Of Latest Trump Admin Improper Interference At DOJ
A right-wing conspiracy theory website is at the heart of the latest Justice Department resignation in protest of the Trump ...
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Senators Call for Investigation into Politicization of Federal Probes
Four Democratic senators urge the Justice Department's Inspector General to examine the resignation of a federal prosecutor ...