Judge swears in new top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn

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Seth DuCharme is the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Rich Donoghue, the former head of that office, resigned today to take a new role in Washington as second-in-command of the Deputy Attorney General’s office.

Seth DuCharme, a former senior official at Justice Department headquarters whose return to New York was first reported by POLITICO, was sworn in Friday by the district’s chief federal judge, Roslynn Mauskopf. Rich Donoghue, the former head of that office, resigned Friday.Donoghue will take a new role in Washington as second-in-command of the deputy attorney general’s office. It’s a role DuCharme previously held — meaning the two have swapped jobs.

Donoghue isn’t the first U.S. attorney helming a powerful New York office to be sworn in by a judge there rather than confirmed by the U.S. Senate; Geoffrey Berman, whom Attorney General William Barr recently fired from his post as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, officially ascended to that role the same way.

As U.S. attorney in the Brooklyn office, Donoghue was responsible for leading the Justice Department’s work related to matters connected to the Ukraine affair that precipitated President Donald Trump’s impeachment. The office also often handles high-profile criminal and national security cases, including terrorism prosecutions.

In his time there, Donoghue won the trust of Barr and other senior officials at Main Justice. His move to Washington will bring a significant injection of prosecutorial experience into the deputy attorney general’s office. DuCharme, meanwhile, is back in his old stomping ground. Before his stint at Main Justice, he was chief of the Criminal Division of the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office. He also was counsel to Barr, advising him on national security issues.

 

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He didn’t resign ! He was pushed out by Barr. Who then violated the norm of replacing him w the deputy but placed his hand picked crony on the job instead.

Another Friday night hit job, who’s next week?

One of Barr’s boys

Is he corrupt?

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