Top DOJ official resigns amid questions surrounding "grand conspiracy" probe
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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.
The top federal prosecutor in South Florida who was overseeing the so-called "grand conspiracy" investigation into Obama- and Biden-era intelligence officials abruptly resigned on Friday, marking another high-profile departure from a Justice Department inquiry plagued by internal disputes and doubts about its viability.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the resignation of Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and praised him for his work tackling violent crime, trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.
The statement offered no explanation for his departure.
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