Title: Sessions seeks resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys
Headings: Sessions seeks resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys
Sessions seeks resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys
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Content: Rosenstein is U.S. attorney for the district of Maryland. He was nominated under the younger President Bush. One of those who has resigned is U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, who represented the state of Minnesota and was nominated in 2013 under President Obama. "At the request of the Attorney General of the United States, I have submitted my resignation to the President, effective immediately," Luger said in a statement released Friday. Peter F. Neronha, the U.S. attorney for Rhode Island, also announced his resignation Friday. Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan known for pursuing dozens of insider trading cases, was among those asked to leave. In November, the Wall Street Journal reported that Bharara had agreed to stay in his current role under Trump. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote on Facebook that he was "troubled" to learn of the request for Bharara to step down "after the President initiated a call to me in November and assured me he wanted Mr. Bharara to continue to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District." "By asking for the immediate resignation of every remaining U.S. Attorney before their replacements have been confirmed or even nominated, the President is interrupting ongoing cases and investigations and hindering the administration of justice," Schumer wrote. READ MORE: