The criminal division chief refused to use DOJ power to compel the bank, citing lack of evidence of a crime after Trump appointees sought an investigation.

The top criminal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday, following a reported directive to launch an investigation into

Four Democratic senators have asked the U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General to investigate the resignation of a senior federal prosecutor in Washington who was being pressured to launch a criminal probe of a contract awarded under former President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency.