The acting head of the Justice Department’s national security division, Dana Boente, plans to leave the agency once a permanent successor is confirmed, officials confirmed Friday.
Boente is best known for his brief stint at the helm of the Justice Department after President Donald Trump fired acting attorney general Sally Yates, an Obama holdover who refused to defend Trump’s travel ban policy.
Boente is also expected to give up the post he has held since the Obama era as head of the U.S. attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Va., which handles many high-profile national security, espionage and leak cases.
Boente, 63, has informed Justice Department leaders that he intends to leave the agency after a permanent head for the national security division is confirmed, two Justice officials said.
Last month, Trump nominated Boeing attorney John Demers to the assistant attorney general for national security post.
Demers, currently a vice president and assistant general counsel at the aviation giant, was a clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia and also served in several high-level Justice Department positions.
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SOURCE: Politico, Josh Gerstein