The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, has resigned following a dispute with her Trump-appointed superiors. Cheung declined a request to open a grand jury investigation that she deemed premature, leading to her resignation.
The directive came from Emil Bove, the department’s acting deputy attorney general, to Ed Martin, the nominee for the permanent DC US Attorney position. Cheung, a long-time DOJ employee, was asked to lead an investigation into an Environmental Protection Agency funding decision during the Biden administration.
