Chief of DOJ Criminal Division Announces Resignation
The chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division plans to quit after three years in her post.
Alice Fisher was criticized at the time of her appointment because she had no experience as a federal prosecutor, reports The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times. Since then she has overseen corporate bribery cases and “helped re-energize” units that prosecute white-collar crime and public-integrity offenses, the Washington Post reports. The newspaper says her departure on May 23 “leaves the Justice Department even more short-staffed.”
Other Justice officials who have resigned include Fisher’s former chief of staff Andrew Lourie, acting deputy attorney general Craig Morford and Will Moschella of the deputy attorney general’s office, the BLT reports.
A Justice official told the blog that Fisher plans to stay home this summer to spend more time with her family.
