Top US prosecutor quits over pressure to investigate Biden climate spending

<p>Denise Cheung resigns after Trump appointees demand she open grand jury investigation into EPA grants</p><p>A top federal prosecutor has quit after refusing to launch what she called a politically driven investigation into Biden-era climate spending, exposing deepening rifts in the US’s premier law enforcement agency.</p><p>Denise Cheung, head of criminal prosecutions in Washington, resigned on Tuesday after Trump appointees demanded she open a grand jury investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants based largely on an undercover video, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/justice-department-dc-criminal-division/index.html">multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/denise-cheung-resigns-biden-climate-spending">Continue reading...</a>