U.S. attorney General wants to dismiss 46 prosecutors in the age of Obama
U.S. attorney General Jeff sessions asked 46 Federal prosecutors, appointed during the presidency of Barack Obama to resign “to ensure smooth transition.”
This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of justice, writes Reuters.
The Federal U.S. attorneys are political positions, so this is the request of the Department of justice is part of the normal process, although not provided that the change is mandatory, especially from all the prosecutors.
In particular, it was expected that the Federal Prosecutor of Manhattan, preet Bharara, through which pass many important business and criminal cases of national importance would be left in office – he instead received his resignation with the others.
In the statement the Ministry of justice stated that while new appointments will not be confirmed, Federal prosecutors will work.
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We will remind that earlier the lawyers in the US filed a lawsuit against attorney General Jeff and Roman sessions because the Senate Committee of Congress, he concealed “links with the Russian government.
The suit was sent on behalf of the American Council for civil liberties in the attorney disciplinary Commission of the Alabama. Sessions is a member of the state bar since 1973.
We will remind that earlier The Washington Post published an article about the two meetings and Roman sessions with the Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak in 2016. According to the publication, at the time of taking the oath in Congress, the attorney General said nothing about these contacts. The newspaper added that one of the meetings took place in September – a period which US intelligence agencies believe “the peak of Russian hacking campaign” designed to influence the outcome of presidential elections in the country.
The representatives of the Democratic party of the USA and Roman sessions urge to leave the office.
The public Prosecutor rejected the definition given in article information and stressed that he never met with representatives of Russia.