The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who also holds a top position in the Department of Justice, has resigned from office, a spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post on Friday.
U.S. Attorney Dana Boente, an Obama appointee, will remain in his post until President Trump nominates and confirms his replacement.
Boente is currently the acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, where he was placed after serving briefly as attorney general between Trump’s firing of Sally Yates and the confirmation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
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Virginia’s Eastern District encompasses much of the D.C. metropolitan area and both the Pentagon and CIA, putting a number of security and terrorism-related cases under Boente’s jurisdiction, similar to those handled by the national security post at the Justice Department.
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Former Acting AG abruptly resigns from Trump administration https://t.co/oiYQ9PBPhF pic.twitter.com/4soHPfwehy
— The Hill (@thehill) October 27, 2017
WaPo: Dana Boente announces resignation as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Virginia
😐 hmm https://t.co/430URwRtdD
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 28, 2017
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