SESSIONS ASKS 46 U.S. ATTORNEYS TO RESIGN
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking for the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during prior administrations, the Justice Department said Friday.
Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by former president Barack Obama have already left their positions, but the 46 who have remained have been asked to leave “in order to ensure a uniform transition,” Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement emailed to USA TODAY.
PROBE OF PHOTO SCANDAL SPREADS TO OTHER SERVICES
The nation’s top Marine said Friday the scandal involving posting sexually explicit photos of female Marines to social media sites “undermines everything we stand for as Marines.”
“There is no honor in denigrating a fellow Marine in any way, shape or form,” Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, said at a Pentagon briefing.
Other services may face similar problems. A message board on a website called Anon-IB has become a forum for posting photos of female service members of all branches, CBS and Business Insider reported.
The Pentagon has widened the investigation to include other branches of the military, CBS reported.
TRUMP LAUDS JOBS REPORT HE ONCE SCORNED
President Trump embraced numbers he once maligned as “phony” as he claimed credit for good news in the latest jobs report.
The administration promoted Labor Department statistics Friday that show U.S. employers added 235,000 jobs in February. The unemployment rate dipped to a low 4.7% from 4.8%.
‘STAND YOUR GROUND’ DEFENSE REJECTED IN FLA.
A Florida judge denied a “stand your ground” defense Friday for a retired police officer who fatally shot a man who was texting his daughter’s day care center during previews in a movie theater.
Judge Susan Barthle ruled that Curtis Reeves is not immune from prosecution in the death of Chad Oulson, 43. Reeves, 74, could stand trial on second-degree murder charges.