Jason Reding Quiñones resigned Friday as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, ending a tenure marked by turmoil within the Miami-based federal prosecutor’s office and controversy over its involvement in an investigation targeting perceived enemies of President Donald Trump.
Reding Quiñones resigned abruptly, announcing his immediate departure without explaining why he was stepping down as head of one of the nation’s most prominent federal prosecutor’s offices.
“From serving our Nation in uniform to serving at the Department of Justice and on the bench, public service has been the honor of my lifetime,” he wrote. “But leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office in my home district has been especially meaningful.”…