“The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., resigned Tuesday morning after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative,” the Washington Post reports.
CNN: “The sudden departure of Justice Department veteran Denise Cheung comes a day after President Donald Trump announced his nominee to lead the prosecutor’s office, Ed Martin, who has supported unwinding all January 6 criminal cases that the office brought.
”Reuters: Senior U.S. prosecutor resigns, citing demands to open probe into Biden-era contract.