AG Blanche LOSES PLOT as Top DOJ Leaders Resign NOISILY!

Senior Justice Department officials are heading for the exits in the days after the midterms, and Miami's top federal prosecutor is the latest. Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down the resignation of Jason Reding Quiñones, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, who left on Friday, November 6, 2026, without giving a reason. The Associated Press reported that people familiar with the matter said Washington officials were frustrated with how he ran the office overseeing the "grand conspiracy" investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Trump. That probe has moved in fits and starts for more than a year: career national security prosecutor Maria Medetis Long was removed after raising concerns about the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, Joseph diGenova resigned in September without filing charges, and recent grand jury testimony was postponed. The office's civil division chief also told a judge in July that it had lost about 40% of its civil attorneys since 2025. Brian and Shant call the effort a retribution campaign and criticize the choice of Fort Pierce, where Judge Aileen Cannon presides, as a favorable venue; Brennan's lawyer has called it judge-shopping. The hosts also cover Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon, who submitted her resignation on November 5, and National Security Division head John Eisenberg, who resigned on November 6, plus a reported departure of a top adviser to Attorney General Todd Blanche. Shant argues career prosecutors are tired of being used as political weapons, while CBS News reports Dhillon told the White House before the election that she planned to step down. Brian predicts the departing officials will stay quiet for now. Brian's bottom line: a Justice Department that keeps losing experienced lawyers while pursuing a politically driven conspiracy theory is in trouble, and he doubts the exits will change its course under Blanche.

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