Career US Justice Department official in charge of public corruption cases resigns

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department’s senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other politically sensitive investigations, resigned on Monday after the Trump administration tried to re-assign him to a new role working on immigration issues, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch, Editing by Franklin Paul)