Two family friends of Jessica D. Aber, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said police told those close to her that foul play is not suspected in her death.
Matthew M. Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Monday that he is stepping down from his role just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office.
One of the country’s top federal narcotics prosecutors violated ethics rules last year after drunkenly handing his business card to Florida police during a hit-and-run investigation.
The U.S. attorney overseeing the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden defended his handling of the case and rejected claims that he was prevented from pursuing more serious charges against the president’s son.
The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, will resign after an internal investigation found that she had misused her office to help an ally in a political campaign and then lied under oath to investigators.
President Biden will pick Gary M. Restaino, the top prosecutor in Arizona, to serve as interim director of the ATF until a permanent one is confirmed, the Associated Press reportss.
Corey F. Ellis, former FBI chief of staff, has been appointed as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
A federal inmate has been sentenced to an additional 21 years behind bars for a murder-for-hire plot against an assistant U.S. attorney and a confidential FBI informant.
