By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON D.C. -
President Trump announced on Monday that Attorney General William Barr is resigning, effective "just before Christmas."
He also announced that Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will become Acting Attorney General and Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General.
Barr went Monday to the White House, where Trump said the attorney general submitted his letter of resignation. “As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump tweeted.
Trump has publicly expressed his anger about Barr’s statement to The Associated Press earlier this month that the Justice Department had found no widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the election. Trump has also been angry that the Justice Department did not publicly announce it was investigating Hunter Biden ahead of the election, despite department policy against such a pronouncement.