The new acting director of ATF, B. Todd Jones, is no stranger to federal law enforcement.
In fact Jones is on his second go around as U.S. Attorney in Minnesota.
Jones, who will remain the U.S. Attorney in Minnesota while serving as acting head of ATF, was first appointed to the U.S. Attorney job by President Clinton in 1998. He remained on the job until January 2001. He was again nominated in 2009, this time by President Obama, and was confirmed in August of that year.
One ATF agent on Tuesday told ticklethewire.com that Jones has a reputation as being pro-ATF, an issue that’s of obvious concern to agents.
After leaving the U.S. Attorney post in 2001, Jones went on to work as a partner with a major national law firm in Minneapolis, Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi,, where he focused on complex business litigation. He represented a number of organizations and individuals in both criminal and civil regulatory matters.
President Obama nominated him in 2009 as the U.S. Attorney and he was confirmed by the Senate in August of that year.
After taking office, Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. appointed Jones to serve as Chair of the Attorney General Advisory Committee (AGAC), a body that consists of 18 U. S. Attorneys. The committee is responsible for advising the Attorney General on a broad array of Department of Justice policy issues.
Jones earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1983. After being accepted by the Minnesota bar, he went on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as both a trial defense counsel and prosecutor in a number of courts martial proceedings.
In 1989, he and his family returned to Minnesota, where he developed a civil litigation practice encompassing a wide variety of legal matters, ranging from products liability defense and insurance coverage disputes to environmental and labor and employment controversies in both a private and public sector setting.
A Sept. 19, 2009 story in the Minneapolis Tribune, reported that Jones, as a Marines Corps office, was recalled to active duty in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, where he learned lesson on juggling multiple responsibilities of national security, law enforcement and justice.
“I learned the importance of focus, of working as a team,” he told the paper.
“Everything cannot be a priority,” he was quoted as saying. “Or nothing is a priority.”
Pro-ATF? Are you kidding. What idiot would align themselves with these morons? Close the doors on these incompetent, corrupt know nothings.