…Eun Young Choi, another deputy asst AG in the #NationalSecurity division, & Bruce Swartz, a longtime deputy in the #criminal division who focuses on international affairs, also were removed from their posts & reassigned elsewhere…
Choi was also assigned to the #SanctuaryCities office….Swartz, who has been in the #DOJ >30 years & has served as deputy asst AG of international affairs most of that time, was effectively demoted to be the deputy of the Office of Prosecutorial Development & Training…
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In response to this post…these reassignments were unusual because they were ordered just as #Trump took office, said Mary McCord, a fmr #DOJ official who runs the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University.
Top deputy positions in the #NationalSecurity division are typically career positions, though it’s possible the Trump administration is reassigning the career people to replace them with #political appointees, she said.
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