Senior US Prosecutor Resigns After Demand to Open Probe of Biden-Era Contract

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Denise Cheung was head of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office for the District of Columbia.

A senior U.S. prosecutor resigned on Feb. 18 after she was allegedly asked to launch an investigation into a contract awarded while President Joe Biden was still in office.

Denise Cheung stepped down from her post as chief of the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office for the District of Columbiaโ€™s Criminal Division.

In a letter to interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin, Cheung said that she’d been ordered by the Trump administration to investigate a government contract awarded during the Biden administration and pursue a freeze of the recipientโ€™s assets.

Cheung described the demandsโ€”which she said came from the office of acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Boveโ€”as improper and not supported by evidence.

Cheung did not detail which agency contract she was requested to probe, nor which entity received the contract.

โ€œI have been proud to serve at the U.S. Department of Justice and this office for over 24 years,โ€ Cheung wrote in her letter.

โ€œDuring my tenure, which has spanned over many different administrations, I have always been guided by the oath I took … to support and defend the Constitution.โ€

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office for the District of Columbia declined to comment.

The office of the deputy attorney general did not return an inquiry.

Cheung could not be reached for comment.

She is the latest U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official to step down since President Donald Trump took office in January.

Danielle Sassoon, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned recently after declining to obey a directive from Bove to move to dismiss criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon and Hagan Scotten, who worked in the same office, both said they resigned because they disagreed with the directive.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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