The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s front office, according to people familiar with the situation.
Bondi took the step during the week of Feb. 10, just weeks after Devin DeBacker was elevated to serve as the acting chief of the national security division. DeBacker, a former associate White House counsel during the first Trump administration, was also in line to be the division’s permanent No. 2 official. He was reassigned to his prior role ...
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