Top DOJ Prosecutor Denise Cheung Resigns Over Pressure to Investigate Climate Spending Under the Biden Administration

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Top criminal prosecutor in DC US Attorney's office abruptly resigns amid pressure from Trump officials

A resignation letter sent to the office's employees by prosecutor Denise Cheung did not detail specific reasons for her sudden departure from the office, but encouraged prosecutors to continue adhering to the Constitution.

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Prosecutor's Resignation Sparks Debate Over Trump Administration's Influence

Denise Cheung, a senior federal prosecutor, announced her resignation on Tuesday, denouncing pressure from Trump administration appointees to initiate a criminal investigation into a government contract under President Biden's tenure.

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Senior DC prosecutor quits rather than get to bottom of fishy funding decision by Biden EPA

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Top criminal prosecutor in Washington U.S. Attorney's office abruptly quits

Denise Cheung, who has worked in the office since 2000, informed colleagues of her departure in an email sent Tuesday morning. Cheung’s departure comes as President Donald Trump seeks to elevate interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to the post permanently. Martin is a leader of the pro-Trump 2020 “Stop the Steal” efforts.

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Senior US prosecutor resigns, citing demand to probe Biden-era contract

Denise Cheung, who supervised criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, said she had been ordered to open a probe into a contract. She declined to launch a grand jury investigation citing a lack of evidence. Cheung said she was ordered instead to pursue an asset seizure.

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DOJ prosecutor quits after tasked with probing Biden's climate spending

Denise Cheung, a longtime DOJ employee, had been asked to shepherd an investigation into an Environmental Protection Agency funding decision during the Biden administration. She refused the order and resigned, in part because she believed there wasn’t sufficient evidence to take that step at the time.

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Top Justice Department Official Quits in Protest of Trump Order

Denise Chueng, a senior prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., resigned on Tuesday. She cited an improper demand by Trump administration officials to freeze assets and launch a criminal investigation. Chueng said that she was ordered to investigate a government contract awarded under the Biden administration, and to begin the process to freeze the recipient's assets.

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Top Prosecutor Resigns Over Trump Administration's Demand for Criminal Probe

Denise Cheung, the top federal prosecutor at the D.C. U.S. Attorney's office, resigned in protest of demands by Trump's administration to launch an unsupported criminal probe and asset freeze. She cited evidence from the Deputy Attorney General's office contradicting these demands, leading to her departure over political interference concerns.

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Maddow Blog | Yet another prosecutor resigns in protest: DOJ’s criminal division chief in D.C. quits

A veteran federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., responsible for overseeing major criminal cases in one of the nation’s most important offices abruptly resigned on Monday, according to an email sent to colleagues. Denise Cheung, the head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney's office, resigned in protest of the Justice Department's alleged deal with New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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Supervisor in DC federal prosecutors' office told to resign after dispute over investigation

Denise Cheung, a longtime Justice Department official, led the office’s criminal division. She said interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin ordered her to seek a freeze on assets related to the contract. Cheung said Martin asked for her resignation after she resisted his demand.

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US Prosecutor Cheung Resigns, Cites Trump Demands

Denise Cheung, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., resigned Tuesday. She cited what she described as an improper demand by officials appointed by President Donald Trump's administration. Cheung said the Trump administration ordered her to investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden's administration and pursue an asset freeze.

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Deep State Revolt: Head of DOJ’s Criminal Division in Washington, DC Resigns in Protest Over Trump Directive to Investigate Biden-Era Contract and Freeze Assets

Denise Cheung, the office’s now-former criminal chief, submitted her resignation on Tuesday in a letter to interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin. “I took an oath of office to support and defend the Constitution, and I have executed this duty faithfully during my tenure,” Cheung wrote in her email obtained by far-left CNN.

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Veteran federal prosecutor resigns over bank freeze order from Trump appointee

Denise Cheung had been at the Justice Department for over 24 years. She was the head of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Cheung wrote that she was asked to open a criminal investigation into whether a contract had been unlawfully awarded by an executive agency.

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DOJ crisis deepens as veteran prosecutor refuses climate fund freeze

U.S. Attorney Denise Cheung quit her job because she wouldn't help Trump grab back a measly $20 billion in climate change money. Cheung had the audacity to cite her oath to "support and defend the Constitution" How quaint! Did she invoke the Girl Scout Promise, too?

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'She was exactly right': Critics sound off as DOJ is rocked by 'yet another resignation'

Denise Cheung, the top senior prosecutor in DOJ's Washington office, resigned on Tuesday. She told her colleague Ed Martin, in her resignation letter, that she is leaving DOJ because of a request from Trump Administration officials. The Trump allies, Lynch reports, asked Cheung "to launch a criminal probe" and "ordered her to investigate a government contract"

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