John Lausch, Chicago’s top federal prosecutor since 2017, will be stepping down in “early 2023″ for a position in the private sector, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday at a news conference in Washington D.C.
U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr., announces the indictment of former House Speaker Michael Madigan during a press conference at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on March 2, 2022.
The announcement came as part of an update from Garland on Lausch’s review of classified documents found in a private office used by President Joe Biden.A Trump nominee, Lausch, 52, stayed on the job after Biden’s election in 2020 because of an unusual push from Illinois’ two Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.from his post along with other Trump holdovers.
He was nominated by Trump after Durbin and Duckworth aided the White House in the search. Lausch succeeded Zachary Fardon, who stepped down from the post after Trump asked for the resignations of all Obama administration-era U.S. attorney holdovers.Lausch is currently overseeing a number of high-profile investigations, including the
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