WASHINGTON, Feb 18 — A senior federal prosecutor in Washington resigned on Tuesday, citing what she called an improper demand by appointees of President Trump’s administration to launch a criminal probe of a government contract awarded under former President Biden.
Denise Cheung, who supervised criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, said she had been ordered to open a probe into a contract that she did not identify and that she believed the request was not supported by evidence, in a letter reviewed by Reuters.
