
Harmeet Dhillon, John Eisenberg and Jason Quinones resigned after the Republican Party lost the election; Democrats plan investigations into the actions of federal prosecutors
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After the Republican Party lost the elections, three officials involved in controversial investigations left the Department of Justice. Congressional Democrats are planning public investigations into DOJ actions under Donald Trump, including cases against James Comey, Letitia James and John Brennan.
After Tuesday's electoral defeat of the Republican Party, deputy attorneys general Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division, and John Eisenberg, head of the National Security Division, left the Department of Justice (DOJ). The third person to resign is federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Quinones.
Controversial investigations
American media point out that all three of them took part in controversial investigations and activities: the Dhillon department - in the area of alleged electoral fraud, Eisenberg supervised the investigation, among others. against Trump critic John Bolton, and Quinones participated in an investigation into the "grand conspiracy" that Trump critics allegedly formed against the president in the context of investigations into his contacts with Russia and the subsequent FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
All three announced that they had resigned on their own, although according to, among others, ABC Quinones was criticized for the lack of progress in the investigation into Trump's opponents. Other people involved in the investigation left before the election. In September, prosecutor Joe diGenova publicly resigned.
In posts announcing the departures, Attorney General Todd Blanche thanked everyone for their service, without specifying the reasons for his departure. Harmeet Dhillon said she planned to leave even before the elections.
Democrats threatened with investigations
Although resignations after losing midterm elections are not uncommon, they occur in the context of public investigations planned by congressional Democrats into the actions of the federal prosecutor's office under Donald Trump.
According to Bloomberg, the future heads of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin, plan to investigate DOJ investigations targeting Trump's critics.
Potential areas of focus include cases brought against former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James and former CIA Director John Brennan.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Oversight and Judiciary committees will conduct public inquiries into DOJ investigations of Trump critics.
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