The lead federal prosecutor in Southern Florida has ended his tenure at the Justice Department, leaving a high-profile investigation into Donald Trump’s perceived adversaries in limbo. Jason Reding Quiñones managed the “grand conspiracy” probe, which sought to link the 2016 Russia investigation to the search of Mar-a-Lago and targeted individuals including former President Obama and special counsel Jack Smith.
The inquiry issued more than 130 subpoenas but did not produce any indictments before Quiñones’ resignation. While Attorney General Todd Blanche cited Quiñones’ achievements in prosecuting Raúl Castro and fighting sex trafficking, the former DOJ employee advocacy group Justice Connection released a statement describing the grand conspiracy investigation as a “Don Quixote”-like delusion.
