Clare Connors, US Attorney For ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾±, Submits Resignation
It will take effect just before Donald Trump’s second presidential term begins later this month.
Clare E. Connors, the top-ranking federal law enforcement official in the District of ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾±, submitted her resignation Monday to President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
She plans to leave office at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 19, hours before the swearing in of President-elect Donald Trump.
“It was a privilege to rejoin this office and to serve ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾± as the chief federal law enforcement officer,” Connors said in a press release.
Connors, a former ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾± attorney general, was nominated to her post by Biden in September 2021, confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December of that year and sworn into office in January 2022.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes in the district, including ones related to national security, public corruption, drug trafficking, child exploitation, firearms and violent crime.
The office also initiates affirmative civil actions, defends the U.S. in civil cases and collects debts owed to the United States.
