US Attorney Ed Martin Taps New D.C. Supervisors After Demotions

Interim US Attorney Ed Martin has tapped two career prosecutors to lead the office’s unit prosecuting major federal crimes, following the demotion of a half dozen supervisors in the office.

Gauri Gopal now leads the federal major crimes section at the Washington US attorney’s office, which handles prosecutions of federal crimes including kidnapping, firearms offenses, and narcotics.

Gopal, who joined the Washington office in 2016, previously served in the office’s special proceedings division, which handles post-conviction litigation, and in various units of the general and major crimes sections.

She also joined the homicide section of the office’s division handling D.C. ...