Denise Cheung, the chief criminal prosecutor for the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, resigned after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to launch a grand jury investigation. Cheung believed the request was premature and lacked sufficient evidence, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The direction originated from Emil Bove, the department’s acting deputy attorney general, to Ed Martin, whom President Donald Trump has nominated to be the permanent DC US Attorney.
Zeldin has suggested the funding was rushed to eight non-profits to distribute at the end of the Biden administration through the Inflation Reduction Act, but a former EPA official responsible for implementing the funding told CNN last week it wasn’t rushed or set up nefariously. Cheung sent a farewell message office-wide on Tuesday morning. She didn’t publicly indicate her reason for leaving.
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