Alaska US Attorney’s Office Under DOJ Probe, Murkowski Says (1)

The Justice Department has opened an internal investigation stemming from conduct at the Alaska US attorney’s office after a federal judge resigned over his inappropriate relations with the office’s prosecutors, according to the state’s senior US senator.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) said she is “aware that there is an ongoing investigation at the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department of Justice related to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Anchorage that I hope moves forward quickly, and I look forward to seeing its results.”

Federal public defenders in Alaska previously asked DOJ’s inspector ...