Nicholas Ganjei, chief counsel to US Senator Ted Cruz (R), will be named interim US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, people familiar with the decision told Bloomberg Law on Tuesday.
Ganjei will be the top prosecutor over a large swath of Texas’ southern border, enforcing immigration laws that Cruz and other congressional Republicans say are key to restoring order during the Trump administration.
Ganjei is expected to be sworn in this week. He didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Tuesday.
His arrival is part of a broader leadership overhaul in federal prosecutor offices in Trump’s second term. ...
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