DOJ Turmoil: U.S. Attorney Resigns Amid 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe of Trump's Enemies
Jason Reding Quiñones steps down, highlighting internal disputes and the controversial investigation into former Obama officials.
Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, resigned, a move announced on Friday by Attorney General Todd Blanche on X.
His office had been overseeing a probe described as a 'grand conspiracy' into former Obama administration officials who allegedly promoted collusion claims between Trump and Russia during the 2016 campaign.
The resignation adds to a series of high‑profile exits from a DOJ inquiry that ABC News calls a sweeping and controversial conspiracy probe targeting President Trump's foes, while CBS News says the investigation is plagued by internal disputes.
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Original reporting
New York Post
Top prosecutor Jason Reding Quiñones, tapped for Russiagate ‘conspiracy’ probe, quits DOJ
The federal prosecutor oversaw a "grand conspiracy" probe of ex-Obama admin officials who allegedly pushed claims of collusion between Trump and Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Read the original →The Hill
Top prosecutor in office that housed Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe resigns from DOJ
The prosecutor whose South Florida office oversaw President Trump’s so-called grand conspiracy probe has resigned from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday. “United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones submitted his resignation from the Department of Justice,” Blanche wrote on the social platform X. “We…
Read the original →CBS News
DOJ official resigns amid questions about "grand conspiracy" probe
Jason Reding Quiñones, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, abruptly resigned, marking another high-profile departure from a DOJ inquiry plagued by internal disputes.
Read the original →ABC News
US attorney tasked with leading probe into Trump's foes resigns from DOJ
Facts this version was allowed to use
- Jason Reding Quiñones is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
- Jason Reding Quiñones resigned from the Department of Justice.
- The resignation was announced on a Friday.
- The resignation was announced by Attorney General Todd Blanche.
- Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on the social platform X: "United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones submitted his resignation from the Department of Justice."
- The South Florida U.S. attorney's office oversaw a probe referred to as a "grand conspiracy" probe of former Obama administration officials who allegedly pushed claims of collusion between Trump and Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to the New York Post.
- The probe is described by ABC News as a sweeping and controversial conspiracy probe targeting President Trump's foes.
- The resignation marks another high-profile departure from a DOJ inquiry that CBS News describes as plagued by internal disputes.
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