U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announces resignation

Today, I tendered to the President my resignation as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, effective February 28, 2021,” Shores said in a statement released last week. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve our great nation and the citizens of northeastern Oklahoma in this capacity. After eighteen years with the United States Department of Justice, I know that my family and I can sleep well at night knowing that the men and women of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and their law enforcement partners are on the job. It is beyond rewarding to know that I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to the betterment and well-being of our community –the very same community in which I grew up as a child and where my wife and I have chosen to raise our family.”

Shores thanked Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford “for their support and confidence in me to lead this office when they recommended me as a nominee for the position.”

“I am grateful to Attorney General Sessions and Attorney General Barr for their trust in my abilities and for their attentions to improving public safety in Indian Country, especially to advance awareness of and provide resources to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons,” Shores added.

Shores went on to express his appreciation of the men and women of the local United States Attorney’s Office.

“This diverse and dedicated team pursues truth and justice and advances the rule of law,” Shores said. “They do what is right even when that is not convenient or easy.”

The U.S. Attorney position is one that is typically filled when a new administration takes over in the White House. Shore’s colleagues who head up the Western and Eastern districts of Oklahoma have also announced they are stepping down. President Biden has not yet named their successors.