REPORT: Trump-appointed US attorney abruptly resigns
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DALLAS — A U.S. attorney in Texas who was appointed by President Donald Trump announced his resignation Tuesday, providing no explanation for his unusually abrupt departure.
Joseph Brown, who has served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas since 2018, will leave office on May 31, according to a statement.
The article goes on to state the following:
The statement does not give a reason for the 50-year-old lead prosecutor’s departure except to say he will be “pursuing opportunities in the private and public sectors” and “some of those will become apparent in the coming days.” It also doesn’t say who would lead the office in the interim; the sprawling jurisdiction stretches from the Dallas suburbs to Beaumont. Brown and a spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment.
ProPublica recently reported that Brown’s office pursued a criminal case against Walmart over its opioid prescription practices for years, only to have “high-ranking [Department of Justice] officials [order] Brown to stand down” when Walmart’s lawyers appealed to the department.
Also on Tuesday, the Pentagon’s former top watchdog, Glenn Fine, announced his resignation from the inspector general’s office. President Trump replaced Fine last month.
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