Oregon U.S. Attorney Billy Williams, a Trump nominee who has prosecuted more Antifa suspects than any other, is among many federal prosecutors who will resign from their positions on behalf of the Biden government.
Williams, 64, was officially appointed to the post by former President Donald Trump in 2017 after holding it in an acting and interim capacity since 2015 when he replaced former U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall, who during an investigation into sexual harassment resigned.
Last week, he reported that the summer of riots in Portland had caused at least $ 2.3 million to a handful of federal buildings in the city.
Billy Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, speaks at a press conference on January 27, 2016 in the Harney County Chamber of Commercein Burns, Oregon. (ROB KERR / AFP via Getty Images)
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PORTLAND RIOTS CAUSES AT LEAST $ 2.3 MILLION IN DAMAGE TO FEDERAL BUILDINGS, says U.S. Attorney
Williams’ office has filed most domestic terrorism cases at any U.S. law firm in the country by 2020, the Oregonian reports. Most of them were in connection with more than two months of protests outside the U.S. courthouse Mark O. Hatfield.
The nightmares with the police involved graffiti, broken windows and crackers, as well as Molotov cocktails.
Although the riots stemmed from protests against the Trump administration, police brutality and racial injustice, they continued even after President Biden took office on January 20. Antifa marchers blew up the new president and new anti-Biden graffiti emerged.
Other recent cases led by his office included the prosecution of a man who sent threatening cards and white powder to former associates and a fraud case against a former Nike marketing manager.
He is not the only Trump-appointed federal prosecutor who has asked the Biden government to resign, although a dual group of senators initially supported Williams for the job.
The Department of Justice on Tuesday asked most of the U.S. attorneys appointed by Trump to resign – although the prosecutor overseeing a federal tax investigation involving the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will remain at work on request of Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson.
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U.S. Attorney John Durham, who appointed former Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the Trump-Russia investigation in October, will also remain in that capacity while being asked to step down from his role as U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to enter.
Historically, it is not uncommon for federal prosecutors to leave their positions when a new president takes office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.