Counselor to the Attorney General Joe diGenova abruptly resigned Thursday from a sprawling probe into former officials in the Obama administration who allegedly pushed claims of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, The Post has learned.
“I did resign today by letter to the attorney general. I said that it was a privilege and an honor to serve the president and the department, and i was very grateful,” diGenova told The Post by phone on Thursday night.
Asked whether he had lost focus on the probe, diGenova dismissed the accusation and shot back: “If you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem.”
Other sources said diGenova had lost the confidence of the Department of Justice and the White House amid his “grand conspiracy” investigation, with one source suggesting that the 81-year-old prosecutor and former Trump defense lawyer was “slow-rolling” indictments and getting lost down “rabbit holes.”
Another source added that the diGenova had been sharing “unrealistic expectations” for the probe with the president about what was possible and not possible, leading to a confrontation with Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Additionally, several prosecutors sent down from main DOJ in DC had been sidelined once they arrived.
The departure was first reported by ABC News.
