Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and lead Jan. 6 prosecutor, is stepping down from his job.
After serving in the role for more than three years, Graves announced on Monday he would be resigning as D.C.’s top prosecutor at the start of 2025, saying that “serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the honor of a lifetime.”
“I am deeply thankful to congresswoman Holmes Norton for recommending me, to President Biden for nominating me, and to Attorney General Garland for placing his trust in me,” Graves said in a statement.
Graves’s resignation date is effective Jan. 16, 2025, four days before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office.
Over the past four years, the Department of Justice, through Graves’s office, has charged nearly 1,500 people in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, incident at…
