Two senior Justice Department officials resigned on Friday, adding to a growing list of prosecutors who have stepped down in the days following the GOP wipeout in the midterm elections.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that he had accepted resignations from John Eisenberg, the assistant attorney general of DOJ's National Security Division (NSD), and from US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, the lead federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida.
The new departures come one day after Harmeet Dhillon, the head of DOJ's Civil Rights Division, also quit.
After Democrats overwhelmingly captured the House and Senate on Tuesday, they have promised to aggressively investigate the Trump administration. Trump's controversial DOJ is likely to be at the top of their list.
Eisenberg had served a legal adviser on Trump's National Security Council during his first term, before Trump tapped him last February to head up NSD.
In his capacity at DOJ, Eisenberg oversaw prosecutions of cybercrime, terrorism and espionage cases, and surveillance cases. Eisenberg, and his office, played a role in the prosecution of Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, who pleaded guilty in June to a single felony count of retaining national defense information.
Blanche credited Eisenberg on Friday with strengthening national security during his tenure at DOJ, and bolstering the nation's ability to address threats 'both foreign and domestic.'
Then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and then-Attorney General Pam Bondi look on during a press briefing
President Trump, FBI Director Kash Patel Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin
Quiñones was recently tasked with overseeing a sprawling 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami aimed at investigating former CIA Director John Brennan and other federal officials who probed Trump's actions during his 2016 presidential campaign and first White House term.
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'We are grateful for Jason's leadership in combating violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime,' Blanche said in a statement.
The special counsel investigation appears to have faltered in recent months due to a wave of high-profile investigations and a lack of evidence needed to bring cases against the individuals in question.
Trump's decision to fire former Attorney General Pam Bondi in April was due in part to her failure to move more forcefully to advance the so-called 'grand conspiracy' probe, prompting Trump to install Blanche instead.
This is a developing news story. Check back soon for updates.
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