Chicago’s top federal prosecutor John Lausch, who was orginally tasked with probing classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and office, will be leaving his post sometime this year.
Lausch was appointed to investigate the Biden documents. But Garland on Thursday announced he’s appointing Robert Hur — the former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Maryland — to take over that probe because Lausch plans to move into the private sector sometime early in 2023.
"U.S. Attorney Lausch and his team of prosecutors and agents have conducted this initial investigation with professionalism and speed," Garland said."I'm grateful for that." A spokesperson for Lausch’s office said they will provide an update “in the coming days,” but they expect Lausch “will be moving on by the end of February or early March.”
Before he was appointed to his post, Lausch worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from 1999 until 2010, when he moved into a private law practice in Chicago. Since he was sworn into office in November 2017, Lausch has overseen numerous high-profile investigations in Chicago, among them, the indictments of former
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