"Denise Cheung, the top criminal prosecutor at the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, resigned after rejecting a premature grand jury investigation request from her Trump-appointed superiors."
"Bove's orders, including demanding the dropping of a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, have led to a significant wave of resignations among DOJ prosecutors."
"Cheung viewed the directive to investigate an EPA funding decision as lacking sufficient evidence and sought to protect lower-level prosecutors from the work."
"The environment and spending decisions under the Biden administration have become focal points of attack from Trump and his supporters."
Denise Cheung, a senior prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington D.C., resigned after refusing to open a grand jury investigation into Environmental Protection Agency spending under President Biden. Her decision followed directives from Trump-appointed superiors, namely DOJ acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove. Cheung believed the investigation was premature and sought to shield lower-level prosecutors from potential fallout. Her resignation adds to a growing trend of DOJ prosecutor departures in response to politically charged orders that have raised concerns about politicization within the Department of Justice.
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