Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Texas abruptly resigns.

[elleng]

Source: PBS

A U.S. attorney in Texas who was appointed by President Donald Trump announced his resignation Tuesday, providing no explanation for his unusually abrupt departure.

Joseph Brown, who has served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas since 2018, will leave office on May 31, according to a statement.

The statement does not give a reason for the 50-year-old lead prosecutor’s departure except to say he will be “pursuing opportunities in the private and public sectors” and “some of those will become apparent in the coming days.” It also doesn’t say who would lead the office in the interim; the sprawling jurisdiction stretches from the Dallas suburbs to Beaumont. Brown and a spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment.

Brown’s resignation comes two months after ProPublica reported that his office spent years pursuing a criminal case against Walmart for its opioid prescription practices, only to have it stymied after the retail giant’s lawyers appealed to senior officials in the Justice Department. The report describes an internal struggle over the potential prosecution that ended with high-ranking DOJ officials ordering Brown to stand down.

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[NewJeffCT]

1. thanks for posting this

big news

[Ford_Prefect]

2. Another case of what goes around comes around in Barr/Trump land?

[Mr.Bill]

3. Translation:

He did some favors for the right people and he's now set for life and doesn't need the crappy government job. Mission accomplished. Probably got some law firm to pay him one million dollars a year to put his name on their letterhead.

[marybourg]

4. Did you read the OP last paragraph?

[Mr.Bill]

6. Yes, I did. I don't see how it precludes

the scenario I supposed. They could both be true. Maybe what happened in that paragraph was a cover for what he did. Bottom line is I bet he lands on his feet making more money than he was.

[marybourg]

9. If he quit out of adherence to his principles, he deserves

to land on his feet. And yes, he’ll make more money in private practice than in government work. What else is new.

[Bluepinky]

13. Unless you're part of the Trump clan or inner circle.

Trump and his goons have a bottomless slush fund to steal from at will, known as the American taxpayers.
Donald has made out like a bandit since becoming President. Free trips, security, golf vacations, whatever he wants.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Corruption: high ranking DoJ officials told him to step down. Greed Over People. . . . nt

[BComplex]

12. Some high ranking DOJ official got a nice little bonu$

for telling Brown to stand down. Can't get in the way of Walmart progress in pushing opioids now, can we? Walmart knew all about the opioids.

[sandensea]

7. He must've been, as a Texas pol once said, caught with either a live boy or a dead girl.

[ToxMarz]

8. What I find truly shocking

That someone Trump appointed seems to have been doing some good.

[Jeorge IX]

10. Struck by an Intelligent Thought, Joseph?

I know that can be rough for Trumpists!

[Cheviteau]

11. Appealed To....

Don't you mean "paid off"? Barr and his corrupt enterprise don't do anything for nothing.