A game of musical chairs has left the Baltimore U.S. Attorneys office with a void or “brain drain”. Such moves may help main Justice, but may not be so good for the Baltimore U.S. Attorney’s office. Then again, it’s not clear if Rosenstein will get to stick around himself as Pres. Obama begins replacing some Bush appointees.
By Henri Cauvin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Maryland’s U.S. attorney, Rod J. Rosenstein, has lost three of his top prosecutors to high-profile jobs at Justice Department headquarters in Washington.
Jason M. Weinstein, who was the chief of violent crimes for the federal prosecutor’s Baltimore office, started this week as a deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division at what’s often called Main Justice.
Mythili Raman, who was the U.S. attorney’s appellate chief, has been serving as acting chief of staff in the criminal division at Main Justice since summer and is expected to be kept in the job by the new criminal chief, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer.
James M. Trusty, who was deputy chief of the U.S. attorney’s Greenbelt office and who oversaw the Maryland federal prosecution of the MS-13 gang, became deputy chief of the national gang unit at Main Justice in March.
Breuer said in a statement that the new leaders from Maryland are a testament to the Justice Department’s ability to recognize talent and Rosenstein’s ability to develop it.
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST
- Federal Canadian Judge Accuses Officials of Lying in Terrorist Case (Toronto Globe and Mail)
- Trial for Ex-Rep. William Jefferson Delayed Until June 9 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
- U.S. to Include Canada in Assessing Terror in Northern Border (Toronto Globe and Mail)
- Fed Jury Acquits Yonkers, N.Y. Officer in Video Body Slamming Case (AP)
- Ingmar Guandique Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Intern Chandra Levy (Washington Post)
- Homeland Sec. Chief Janet Napolitano Lets Canadians Know She Misspoke When Saying 9/11 Terrorists Came to U.S. Via Canada (AP)
- Appeals Judges Vote to Impeach Texas Federal Judge (National Law Journal)
- Feds Drop Phone Jamming Case Against GOP Organizer (AP)
- Miami U.S. Atty Acosta to Head Fla. Law School (Miami Herald)
- FBI Forms Gang Task Force in Ft. Wayne, Ind. to Head Off Violence (FortWayne.com)
