Senior U.S. prosecutor resigns, citing demands to open probe into Biden-era contract

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top federal prosecutor who supervised criminal cases at the Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office resigned on Tuesday, citing what she described as an improper demand by Trump-appointed officials to launch a criminal probe and pursue an asset freeze.

In a letter to the interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin reviewed by Reuters, the office’s criminal chief Denise Cheung wrote that President Donald Trump’s administration had ordered her to investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden’s administration and pursue a freeze of the recipient’s assets.

(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)