About thirty days into his presidency, President Joe Biden asked all Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign. Trump allies now expect that the replacements who filed in thereafter may resign before the president-elect even takes office.
Biden’s Department of Justice ordered nearly all remaining Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to hand in their resignation in February 2021. Prior to that, in March 2017, Obama-appointed U.S. attorneys were asked to resign immediately. Heading into Trump’s second administration, allies of the president-elect told the Daily Caller that they expect something similar to happen, with U.S. attorneys resigning before the 47th president can clean house.
“Trump can replace all those attorneys. However, as is custom, many may resign themselves ahead of time, or at least offer their resignation,” Mike Davis, a Trump-aligned lawyer and founder of the…
