Trump administration seeks resignations of 46 Obama-era US attorneysREUTERS U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked the remaining 46 chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to resign "in order to ensure a uniform transition," the Justice Department said on Friday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 US attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration. By Friday evening, US attorneys around the country - including New Jersey, Rhode Island, Minnesota and Montana - had publicly announced their resignations. READ MORE:* Legal challenges to Trump's travel ban mount from US states* Trump's in-house guardrail: White House counsel Don McGahn"The way the Obama administration handled it was appropriate and respectful and classy,'' he said. The demand for resignations seems a way to ensure he will have a team of new federal prosecutors more likely to share his agenda.

Source: Stuff March 11, 2017 10:19 UTC