Gen. Jeff Sessions asked Friday for the resignations of dozens of politically appointed U.S. attorneys held over from the Obama administration, the Justice Department said. Sessions wanted "to ensure a uniform transition" to the Trump administration, spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement. Ninety-three U.S. attorneys are the top federal prosecutors in 94 districts. Gen. Janet Reno sought the resignations of U.S. attorneys appointed by President George H.W. Firing U.S. attorneys en masse could harm continuity, they told the Washington Post in March 2009, and throw "law enforcement efforts into disarray."

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2017 21:22 UTC