{"id":22929,"date":"2020-05-26T19:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/26\/trump-appointed-us-attorney-in-texas-abruptly-resigns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:55:56","slug":"trump-appointed-us-attorney-in-texas-abruptly-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/doj-fbi\/2020\/05\/26\/trump-appointed-us-attorney-in-texas-abruptly-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-appointed US attorney in Texas abruptly resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DALLAS \u2014 A U.S. attorney in Texas who was appointed by President Donald Trump announced his resignation Tuesday, providing no explanation for his unusually abrupt departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Brown, who has served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas since 2018, will leave office on May 31, according to a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement does not give a reason for the 50-year-old lead prosecutor\u2019s departure except to say he will be \u201cpursuing opportunities in the private and public sectors\u201d and \u201csome of those will become apparent in the coming days.\u201d It also doesn\u2019t say who would lead the office in the interim; the sprawling jurisdiction stretches from the Dallas suburbs to Beaumont. Brown and a spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2020\/05\/18\/heres-who-trump-plans-to-appoint-dea-boss-and-us-attorney-in-dc\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635809394642392268-gettyimages-83930984jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s who Trump plans to appoint DEA boss and US attorney in DC<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A Trump administration official has revealed who the president plans to make the head of the DEA and who will become the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown\u2019s resignation comes two months after ProPublica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/walmart-was-almost-charged-criminally-over-opioids-trump-appointees-killed-the-indictment\" target=_blank>reported<\/a> that his office spent years pursuing a criminal case against Walmart for its opioid prescription practices, only to have it stymied after the retail giant\u2019s lawyers appealed to senior officials in the Department of Justice. The report describes an internal struggle over the potential prosecution that ended with high-ranking department officials ordering Brown to stand down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walmart has denied any of its employees committed crimes. A Department of Justice spokesperson declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tuesday&#8217;s statement, Brown referenced his office&#8217;s successful prosecution of \u201cpill mill\u201d physicians, including one named in the ProPublica story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must win the fight against opioid abuse in order to save our country,&#8221; he said. \u201cBut in order to be effective, we must be willing to prosecute all facets of the expansive network that feeds these destructive drugs into our communities. Players both big and small must meet equal justice under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. attorneys are appointed by the president and are subject to Senate confirmation. They can resign or be fired during a change of administration, but some serve under multiple presidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before his appointment, Brown had served for years as district attorney in Grayson County, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press reporters Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Brown, who has served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas since 2018, will leave office on May 31, according to a 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