Director of US Attorneys’ Support Office Removed by Trump DOJ

The Trump Justice Department has forced out the career head of an office that oversees and supports all 93 US attorneys.

Stephanie Hinds, a 30-year DOJ veteran promoted last October to director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, has left her post after being reassigned to the new sanctuary cities enforcement working group, four people briefed on the move told Bloomberg Law. Her name was removed from the EOUSA website Thursday, which now lists the director position as vacant.

The EOUSA director has previously played a significant problem-solving role whenever US attorneys encounter thorny situations, including by connecting ...