PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for Rhode Island, the top federal law enforcement official in the state, announced Friday that he is stepping down effective Sunday.
Aaron Weisman in a statement said he submitted a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden on Thursday.
It’s not unusual for U.S. attorneys to be replaced when a new president takes office, and the Biden administration earlier this month asked U.S. attorneys appointed by President Donald Trump to resign.
Weisman was nominated by Trump in October 2018, with the support of Rhode Island’s Democratic U.S. senators, and sworn in in January 2019.
“Serving as United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island has been the greatest honor of my career,” Weisman said. “I am indebted to the hard working, dedicated, and conscientious professionals with whom I have had the privilege to work alongside at the United States Attorney’s Office, and who, day in and day out, carry out the office’s critical justice mission — ensuring the just prosecution of federal-law violations, and that justice be achieved in the civil lawsuits brought by and against the federal government.”
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Myrus will become acting U.S. attorney until Weisman’s replacement is confirmed.
