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POLITICS & POLICY • UNITED STATES
Two senior Justice Department officials resign after midterm elections
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John Eisenberg, who led the Justice Department’s National Security Division, and Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, have resigned. Quiñones’s office oversaw a probe involving Trump’s political opponents; the articles do not say who will replace either official or what happens to the investigations.
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Why it matters
The departures affect leadership at the federal Justice Department and an office handling a politically sensitive investigation. The articles do not establish whether the resignations will change the investigations or other department work.