By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. has named John Malcolm Bales the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
He replaces Rebecca Gregory, who stepped down to join the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
Bales, 54 of Nacogdoches,Tex., will take the post on Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Bales had previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney and most recently as chief of the criminal division, the office said.
The District includes 43 counties stretching from the Oklahoma border to the Gulf of Mexico.
Bales, a former FBI agent, graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and became an assistant U.S. Attorney in 1989, according to a press release.
