US attorney leading investigation of Trump's political foes resigns

US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones has resigned from the Justice Department; Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the departure in a social media post on Friday.

• Quiñones, the US attorney for Southern Florida, led a grand jury investigation in Fort Pierce into former officials who investigated Trump from 2016 to 2024.
• He is the second senior Justice Department official to resign since this week's midterm elections, after Harmeet Dhillon left the civil rights division.
• During his tenure, Quiñones's office secured the indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro.