WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lead prosecutor on the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents has left the U.S. Justice Department ahead of the president-elect’s return to office, a department spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
Jay Bratt, a senior national security official at the department, who was detailed to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, retired from the department on Friday.
Trump, who is set to return to the presidency on Jan. 20, and his allies have vowed to investigate political opponents and others who have leveled allegations of misconduct against him.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Scott Malone)
