Top Official Steps Down From DOJ’s Environment, Civil Divisions

A top Justice Department political official is stepping down from his posts atop the agency’s environment and civil divisions.

Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark announced his resignation, effective noon Thursday, in a letter obtained by Bloomberg Law. Clark had led the Environment and Natural Resources Division, or ENRD, since late 2018 and served as acting head of the Civil Division since September.

“I am deeply thankful both to you for giving me the professional opportunity of a lifetime to guide and direct the roughly 1,400 lawyers comprising those two litigation Divisions, and to the Senate for their vote of ...