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https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/deputy-attorney-general-who-will-replace-barr-has-no-prosecution-experience
Rosens job will be taken over by his top deputy, Richard Donoghue, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. His office won convictions against Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera and NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere.
Donoghue was previously an assistant U.S. attorney and a military magistrate judge and lawyer with the U.S. Army JAG Corps.
Barr is leaving the department after declaring that the DOJ had found no evidence of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and no evidence of bad voting machines. The statement was said to have angered Trump, who was also frustrated because Barr did not reveal the tax investigation of President-elect Joe Bidens son, Hunter Biden, before the election, according to the news coverage.
Barr praised Trump in his resignation letter.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)malaise
(268,692 posts)he poisoned DOJ covering up for the Slobfather.
kentuck
(111,052 posts)He made the Justice Department political.
Kid Berwyn
(14,795 posts)By the time Dumpy figured it out, Barr went to ground.
kentuck
(111,052 posts)Did he give him any direction?
Kid Berwyn
(14,795 posts)From Barrs Exit Leaves Deputy Rosen Running Trumps Justice Department Bloomberg, Dec. 15, 2020
Excerpt
From 2009 to 2017, Rosen was a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where Barr also has held a senior position. After Barr became attorney general in February 2019, he successfully lobbied Trump to pick Rosen as his deputy even though he had never been a prosecutor, a more typical background for the post.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/barr-s-departure-leaves-rosen-running-trump-s-justice-department
Midnight Writer
(21,708 posts)Or is he going to slink away and hide?
Why would a successful man throw his reputation away in order to serve a demented and corrupt man?