Michael R. Sherwin
Michael R. Sherwin | |
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| Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office May 2020 | |
Michael R. Sherwin is a prosecutor who is the interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, leading the country's largest U.S. attorney's office.[1][2]
Legal career
Sherwin is a former naval intelligence officer and career U.S. prosecutor from Miami, Florida. He specializes in national security cases and has been a national security adviser to the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen.[1][3]
In September 2019, Sherwin won the conviction of a Chinese woman, Yujing Zhang, who trespassed at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.[1][4][5]
Sherwin investigated a deadly December 2019 shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida. During the investigation he met and impressed Attorney General William Barr, officials told The Washington Post.[1]
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
Justice Department leaders including Barr asked Sherwin to become the deputy of Timothy Shea at the District of Columbia office in 2020.[3]
Sherwin was named interim U.S. Attorney in May 2020 when Shea, after three months as U.S. Attorney, was appointed to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration. Trump nominated Justin Herdman to be Shea's permanent successor.[1]
Some high-profile investigations the U.S. Attorney's office handles are related to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.[2]
Michael Flynn case
In May 2020, Barr moved to dismiss the guilty plea of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.[1] Flynn had pled guilty to charges of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his conversations in 2016 with Russia's ambassador.[6] Sherwin approved the decision to give to Flynn's defense team internal FBI records that the government cited in its dismissal motion, an official told The Washington Post.[1]
Other cases
On May 28, 2020, Sherwin announced the indictment of 28 North Korean and five Chinese citizens charged with laundering more than $2.5 billion in illegal payments for North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile program.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Hsu, Spencer S.; Alexander, Keith L. (May 18, 2020). "Barr-installed top DOJ aide, prosecutor of Trump's Mar-a-Lago trespasser, to serve as acting U.S. attorney in Washington". The Washington Post.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b O'Reilly, Andrew (January 30, 2020). "Barr taps Timothy Shea to serve as top prosecutor in DC". Fox News. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Benner, Katie (May 21, 2020). "Justice Dept. Unit That Prosecuted Roger Stone Is Reorganized". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ Barrett, Devlin (September 11, 2019). "Chinese woman who bypassed security at Trump's Mar-a-Lago is convicted of lying, trespassing". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Madigan, Nick; Robles, Frances (September 11, 2019). "Chinese Businesswoman Found Guilty of Trespassing at Mar-a-Lago". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ Goldman, Adam; Benner, Katie (May 7, 2020). "U.S. Drops Michael Flynn Case, in Move Backed by Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ Hsu, Spencer S. (May 28, 2020). "U.S. brings massive N. Korean sanctions case, targeting state-owned bank and former government officials". Washington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Benner, Katie (May 28, 2020). "North Koreans Accused of Laundering $2.5 Billion for Nuclear Program". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
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