Quiñones and Eisenberg resign from Justice Department

Jason Reding Quiñones resigned as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida on November 6, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced, as the office’s investigation into former officials who had examined Donald Trump remained without charges. John Eisenberg, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, also resigned that day. Harmeet Dhillon, who led the Civil Rights Division, had left her post on November 5. Blanche announced Quiñones’s departure on social media and thanked him for work on violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and transnational crime, including the indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro. Quiñones said he was leaving with pride in the office’s work and gratitude for the opportunity to serve. His public statement did not give a reason for his resignation. Accounts differ on whether Quiñones left under pressure. One report said department leadership pushed him out amid frustration with his management of the office and the investigation. Another said the reason for his departure was unclear. The public announcements from Blanche and Quiñones did not describe a dispute or explain the decision. The Southern District of...