The U.S. Justice Department's senior ethics official resigned on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump's administration pulled him off his duties and assigned him to a new sanctuary cities working group,

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how the actions of Trump appointed officials have led to yet another principled resignation at the Trump Justice Department with a resigning federal attorney accusing Trump appointees of telling her to take actions not supported by evidence.

Cheung was in charge of the criminal division within the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and her resignation comes one day after Trump nominated Martin as the permanent head of the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The head of the United States Department of Justice criminal division in Washington D.C. has abruptly quit her post, CNN is reporting. Sources tell the network that longtime DOJ veteran Denise Cheung stepped down from her post "a day after President Donald Trump announced his nominee to lead the prosecutor’s office,

The head of the criminal division at the Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, Denise Cheung, has resigned. CBS News Department of Justice reporter Jake Rosen has more.

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he has ordered the removal of all remaining U.S. attorneys from the Biden administration.

President Trump said that he has directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fire all remaining former President “Biden-era” U.S. attorneys, claiming the department “has been politicized like never before.