Jason Redding Quinones’ resignation comes as the administration prepares for a Democratic-led investigation.
Published November 6, 2026
Another top prosecutor has resigned from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) following Democratic victories in the midterm elections.
Jason Redding Quinones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, submitted his resignation on Friday, according to Attorney General Todd Blanche.
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Quinones is a Trump supporter who oversaw and expanded the federal investigation into allegations of Russian aid to Trump’s 2016 campaign. Special investigators later determined there was no direct collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, but the president has long argued that the investigation was evidence of a political “witch hunt.”
Critics have accused the Justice Department of pursuing a politically motivated investigation at the behest of President Trump, who has repeatedly called for retaliation against former officials.
Three former officials have reportedly been subpoenaed as part of the investigation: former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former FBI Director James Comey, but none have been charged.
Mr. Comey was separately indicted in April over social media posts in which prosecutors accused him of threatening the president, and the Justice Department is seeking to separately prosecute Mr. Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, according to court filings.
A judge dismissed an earlier lawsuit against Comey last November. Comey said the effort to prosecute him “would be almost comical if it weren’t for such egregious abuses by the Justice Department.”
Quinones also oversaw the U.S. prosecution of 94-year-old Cuban revolutionary Raul Castro amid the Trump administration’s wide-ranging pressure campaign against the communist-led country.
“We are grateful for Jason’s leadership in fighting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime, including the prosecution of Raul Castro,” Blanche wrote about Quinones in a post Friday.
The resignation comes just one day after Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, resigned.
Dillon, also a Trump ally, was accused of dismantling the department that enforces anti-discrimination laws. She was heavily criticized for reportedly instructing her staff not to investigate the killing of two Americans by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.
On Friday, John Eisenberg, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s national security division, also submitted his resignation, Blanche said.
“His accomplishments have strengthened our nation’s ability to respond to threats at home and abroad,” the attorney general said.
The Justice Department leak comes as Trump administration officials prepare for a slew of new congressional investigations after Democrats won supermajorities in both the House and Senate on Tuesday.
A victory would give the party investigative and oversight powers in Congress, including subpoena power. Several investigations are expected to focus on suspicions of politicization at the Justice Department.
