Biden picks US attorney nominee to replace John Durham
January 28, 2022
President Joe Biden has selected a nominee to replace John Durham in his former capacity as U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut as the prosecutor continues his criminal inquiry into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
Vanessa Avery, who has served as chief of the Division of Enforcement and Public Protection at the Connecticut attorney general’s office since 2021 and as an assistant attorney general in that office since 2019, was named as Biden's pick, the White House said in a press release. She would be the first black woman to serve in the state's top federal prosecutor role if confirmed by the Senate, according to Fox 61.
Avery was one of six nominees to be U.S. attorneys in states across the country announced Wednesday.
"These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials in this field, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice," the White House press release said.
Durham announced his resignation as the U.S. attorney for Connecticut in late February 2021 but remains at the Justice Department as special counsel as he continues to review the origins of the Russia investigation, an endeavor he has led since the spring of 2019. Leonard Boyle began serving as the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut on March 1, 2021, and as the interim U.S. attorney on Dec. 26, 2021.
MOAR: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/biden-picks-us-attorney-nominee-to-replace-john-durham
Big surprise, black woman