A top federal prosecutor in Manhattan is set to resign in December, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a Monday press release.
It is bitter in the sense that I am leaving my dream job, leading an institution I love that is filled with the finest public servants in the world,” Williams said in a statement in the release.
“It is sweet in that I am confident I am leaving at a time when the Office is functioning at an incredibly high level – upholding and exceeding its already high standard of excellence, integrity, and independence,” he continued.
President Biden tapped Williams to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in Aug. 2021.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recommended Williams, who had served as chief of the Manhattan office’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Forces prior to his current role, to Biden in March 2021.
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor is scheduled to step down in December, the U.S. A. In a press release on Monday, the Southern District of New York Attorney’s Office stated.
The release claims that U. A. Attorney Damian Williams announced his intention to leave his position at the U.S. on Monday. A. New York Southern District Attorney’s Office at 11:59 p.m. A. January 13, 2024. “.”.
“I am announcing my resignation as the Southern District of New York’s United States Attorney, which is a bittersweet day for me. “I am leaving my dream job, leading an institution I love that is full of the best public servants in the world, and it is bitter in that sense,” Williams said in a statement included with the release.
“The fact that I am leaving at a time when the Office is operating at an exceptionally high level—maintaining and surpassing its already high standard of excellence, integrity, and independence—is sweet,” he added.
Williams was chosen by President Biden to serve as U. S. attorney in August for the Southern District of New York. 2021. . Chuck Schumer (D-N) is the Senate majority leader. Y. In March 2021, they suggested Williams to Biden. Williams had previously been the head of the Manhattan office’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Forces.
