RALEIGH – In response to President Biden’s request that all Presidentially appointed United States Attorneys step down, United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., submitted his letter of resignation to the President today with an effective date of midnight on February 28, 2021.
He expressed his honor to serve as United States Attorney and his gratitude to former President Trump and Senators Burr and Tillis for their support and for giving him an opportunity to serve the people of this District.
Click here to read Mr. Higdon’s resignation letter.
Yet if Trump did this cities would be burning right now.
Yet if Trump did this then cities would be burning to the ground.
Wow, this shows that Biden is no good. He is undoing everything that Trump did. This is bad politicks.
No, this is basically at least modern tradition, so that the incoming Administration isn’t saddled with appointees it doesn’t trust or find qualified. Trump did exactly the same thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys
Perma’at, don’t waste time pointing out what should be known by informed citizens. There is no longer even a thread of intellectual curiosity about governing norms. This process is part of every administration and US Attorneys know this when accepting this office. For the record President Biden kept in place the Special appointed US Attorney chosen by Trump Admin to remain in charge of the pre-2016 election resulting in the Russia probe to complete it, as well as the Trump appointed US Attorney in charge of the investigation of his own son , Hunter Biden.