Jason Reding Quinones, US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, resigned Friday, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced. Quinones, described as a Trump loyalist, had overseen a federal probe into Russia's alleged support for Trump's 2016 campaign. A special investigator found no direct collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The probe subpoenaed three former officials: CIA director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and FBI Director James Comey. None have been charged. Comey was separately indicted over a social media post prosecutors alleged was a threat against the president in April. A judge dismissed an earlier case against Comey in November.
Quinones also oversaw the indictment of 94-year-old Cuban revolutionary Raul Castro. Blanche said Quinones had led efforts "combatting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime."
Quinones' resignation follows those of Harmeet Dhillon, head of the DOJ's civil rights division, and John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general in charge of the national security division, both submitted Friday. The exodus comes after Democrats won control of the House and Senate on Tuesday, giving them investigative and oversight powers in Congress. Several probes are expected to focus on alleged politicisation of the Justice Department, according to the report.
Critics have accused the DOJ of pursuing politically motivated investigations at Trump's behest. Comey has called the efforts to prosecute him "an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice."