President Trump to nominate new top prosecutor for the District

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Public Safety

President Trump to nominate new top prosecutor for the District

By Keith L. Alexander, Spencer S. Hsu and Matt Zapotosky
May 18, 2020 at 2:14 p.m. EDT

President Trump will nominate a new U.S. Attorney to oversee the D.C. office, which handles both local and national cases including several high-profile prosecutions of the president’s allies.

Justin Herdman, the U.S. attorney in Cleveland, would take the position now filled by Timothy Shea, who came to the office in February. The nomination of Herdman comes as the office has been pummeled by political controversies involving the cases of Trump confidanteRoger Stone and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington has come under fire as Justice Department leaders softened its sentencing recommendation for Stone in February and more recently moved to dismiss Flynn’s guilty plea. The incidents raise criticism that the Justice Department was overriding the work of line prosecutors to favor Trump’s allies.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington has 300 lawyers is the largest in the country. It has jurisdiction to prosecute both national security cases and political corruption across the federal government along with local and federal felonies in D.C. The office also recently took over cases handed off by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia probe

Keith L. Alexander
Keith L. Alexander covers crime and courts, specifically D.C. Superior Court cases, for The Washington Post. Alexander was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that investigated fatal police shootings across the nation in 2015. He joined The Post in 2001. He previously worked as a reporter for USA Today, BusinessWeek and The Dayton Daily News. Follow https://twitter.com/keithlalexander

Spencer Hsu
Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. Follow https://twitter.com/hsu_spencer

Matt Zapotosky
Matt Zapotosky covers the Justice Department for The Washington Post's national security team. He has previously worked covering the federal courthouse in Alexandria and local law enforcement in Prince George's County and Southern Maryland. Follow https://twitter.com/mattzap



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/2020/05/18/2bbf77c4-9930-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Trump To Oust US Attorney Who Dropped Flynn Case
May 18, 2020

https://www.joemygod.com/2020/05/trump-to-oust-us-attorney-who-dropped-flynn-case/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. So what probably happened is that Shea did what Barr and Fat Nixon wanted,

that is, drop the Flynn prosecution, then Shea gets fired for doing his masters' bidding because there was so much blowback. Everything Trump touches dies.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts; May 18, 2020

Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts; May 18, 2020

NOMINATIONS & APPOINTMENTS

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts

Issued on: May 18, 2020

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:

Justin E. Herdman, of Ohio, to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Justin E. Herdman currently serves as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, having been nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2017 by voice vote. Since 2017, Mr. Herdman has been a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys, of which he is currently the Vice-Chair. In this role, Mr. Herdman serves as 1 of 15 United States Attorneys charged with developing and offering recommendations to improve management, operations, and functions of United States Attorneys’ offices nationwide, as well as the Department of Justice, more broadly.

Prior to his service as United States Attorney, Mr. Herdman was a partner at Jones Day, where he represented businesses and individuals in civil litigation and under criminal investigation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Herdman served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio, where he was responsible for investigating and prosecuting national security crimes. Mr. Herdman has also served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City from 2001 to 2005 and is a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force Reserve. Mr. Herdman received his B.A. from Ohio University in 1996, an M.Phil. from the University of Glasgow in 1998, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2001.

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[Cryptoad]

3. I hope Jo is going to

fire all these Trump appointees!