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Joe diGenova abruptly resigns from DOJ after overseeing "grand conspiracy" probe into Biden and Obama officials

Joe diGenova, the prosecutor who was tapped by Attorney General Todd Blanche to supervise the "grand conspiracy" investigation targeting Obama- and Biden-era officials, abruptly resigned on Thursday.

In a brief call with CBS News, diGenova said he had turned in his resignation letter to Blanche at 3 p.m. on Thursday.

"It was an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the department," he said. He added that his wife, attorney Victoria Toensing, who also worked with the team of federal prosecutors in Fort Pierce, Florida, will be leaving the Justice Department on Friday.

diGenova declined to comment on the reasons for his sudden departure, which was first reported by ABC News. CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

His exit comes just days after lawyers representing some of the witnesses in the investigation received emails alerting them that their clients would be receiving grand jury subpoenas, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Recently, diGenova's investigators also reached out to lawyers who represent former FBI agents who investigated President Trump for his retention of classified records to request voluntary interviews, two other sources briefed on the matter said.

diGenova was tapped earlier this year to oversee a sprawling "grand conspiracy" probe being run out of Fort Pierce, Florida, that is examining whether Obama- and Biden-era officials were part of a long-running conspiracy to keep Mr. Trump out of political office.

He was also overseeing a criminal probe into whether Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress in 2023 about the U.S. intelligence community's assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

diGenova was tapped for the role in April, after Maria Medetis Long, the prosecutor who had been overseeing the two cases in the U.S. attorney's office in Miami, was abruptly removed after she had expressed some concerns about the strength of the evidence.

Prosecutors have not brought charges in either of the probes.

The investigations have drawn criticism from law enforcement veterans who worry the probes are being stacked with politically motivated personnel, CBS News has previously reported. Brennan sued over the investigations earlier this year, alleging the Trump administration has "adopted a policy of using criminal process and prosecution to punish the President's perceived adversaries."

diGenova returned to the Justice Department in April, more than three decades after he served as U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., from 1983 to 1988.

More recently, diGenova represented Mr. Trump's campaign in its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

He has long railed against Brennan's role in assessing that Russia tried to meddle in the 2016 election, referring to him in one interview as the "primogenitor of the entire counterintelligence investigation."

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5-12, absolute tops.

Anything better than that means that something magical has happened at the QB position, and I don't see that happening this year.

I wouldn't say that he can never win a SB. I would certainly agree that he would need a very good team with a great D behind him in order to do so. He isn't that type of "Captain America" QB. But at the same tome he is a motivator for his teammates. But if NFL history has taught me anything it is an average or just above average QB can lead a great team to win a SB. Doug Williams did. Mark Rypen did. Trent Dilfer did. Jeff Hostetler did. Brad Johnson did.

Somber day today. This memorial will put a lump in your throat. Tough stories of loss and legacies left behind. Kids who then couldn't understand, now standing here telling missing parents about their grandchildren. First responders smiling down on another generation taking the oath to serve and protect.

Let's not ever forget that this wasn't about planes and towers, it was about the thousands who wake up every day with broken hearts and a sinking pit in their stomachs. They still can't, and never will, reckon what happened on that day.

I remember exactly where I was. I think it would be hard not to.

I was on a residential job in Centerville, Ohio and we had no idea what was happening. The lady who owned the home came out with a very distraught look on her face and said, "You need to come inside. There is something you need to see." We were all in shock as the second plane hit the second tour shortly after we had gone inside the watch the coverage. We packed up our things and went home to be with our loved ones.

Not only the tragedy of that horrible terrorist attack itself will live in my mind forever but that aftermath as well. It was an example of just how much like a family this nation is. We fight amongst each other like cats and dogs. But attack that family and we all come together as one.

I would take Baker over our current crop of QB's and obviously trading him and getting Watson was the wrong move. Baker just will never be a Super Bowl winning QB. He just does not have that kind of talent. He would have kept the Browns relevant last few years had the move not been made. Drafting him over Josh Allen and Sam Darnold was a huge mistake by the Browns. He is not a top 10 QB, but he is not a bad QB. He strings together a run of games where he looks like a top 10 QB but then follows up with a string of bad games. His career to this point shows the same trend over and over again.

I think we win 5 or 6 games. Our QB situation is just horrible. I would love to be wrong, though.

This thread is something I've seen posted on a pretty much annual basis. I'm not sure who usually posts it but with only two days left until kickoff I decided to go ahead and put it up. It's never an easy things to predict that's for sure. Every season it seems to be at least a team or two that rise form the ashes and some teams who disappoint mightily and you never know which teams those will be.

We're in a tricky situation this year. In the next draft there appears as though there will be a great group of QB's to choose from. Of course that could change depending on who stays in school and who enters the draft. Considering the current situation being average this year could be a curse in the long run. Anything over 6 or 7 wins could put us out of contention for a top QB. Maybe even anything over 4 or 5 wins.

That means there are certainly two ways to look at the upcoming season depending on your point of view. You could view it as losing a lot of games is a good thing in the long term picture for the Browns. Or you could see it as every game matters no matter what and want to see the Browns win each and every week. I don't feel like there is a right or wrong answer to that.

A lot of us are getting older. Some much older and some wonder how many more seasons can they wait until no seasons are left for them? This week we lost one such man. A man many of us respected and loved. He never got to see that SB win. And far more for him than myself I wish he would have. If anyone deserved it he did.

Okay enough of that already. I'm just having a hard time getting that out of my head.

So what is your prediction for the Browns win/loss record for this season and if you feel like doing so, your reasoning for your prediction?

I'm going with 6-11. Realistically I think 4-5 wins is would be a better prediction but I can't help from wanting more.

My reasons are simply this. We have an entire new D with new coaching staff. An entire new O with an entire new coaching staff and system. An entire new OL which will all take time to gel. And let's face it, no QB on the roster have proven they can win.

For me, I expect such drastic and overwhelming changes will take time to come together. That it will be a gradual process and as such will seem very disjointed to start out. My hope is as the season progresses things will gradually improve. That by the end of the season things will tighten up to the point there is actually tangible evidence that with a QB we can be a dangerous and powerful force moving forward.

9-p11-01 was a Tuesday. I know this because I was at home, and Tuesday was my day off. I slept in, and got up and turned on the news. The 1st tower had been hit by a plane, and was smoking. The news was talking about how odd it all was and all kinds of theories as to what happened. Then the second plane hit. I seem to recall hearing the engines go to full speed just before it hit.

"This is no accident. This is an attack."

Somewhere inside my head I said "No kidding".

It is a day I shall never forget in this life.

Do you remember where you were 25 yrs ago, today..?

Looking back after the second plane hit the south tower I realized these 'accidents were not accidents'...these were attacks on our nation from an enemy.

We were attending a funeral for a my brother-in-laws mother and information was sketchy until the services at the cemetery concluded. Once we got home and were able to listen to the news and learned that in addition to the towers being hit the Pentagon had been hit and a passenger jet had gone down in PA.

The 9/11 attacks hit home when we received a phone call that afternoon from our oldest son who was stationed at Camp LeJeune.. he notified us that his unit had been placed on alert and would be awaiting further orders.

We will never forget 9/11/2001...

That's a lesson he taught a lot of us. And it's not something he had to try and do. It's just who he was.

I'll take that "average at best" all day, every day, and twice on Sundays. 🏈

We get it. You want only one party, the one who has brought false charges they had to drop against their political opponents, who have brought charges they couldn't even get indictments on and who have targeted dozens of people, universities, democratic lawmakers, Past Administration Officials & Intelligence Figures all totaling in the dozens to be in charge of investigating and being honest to the American people in their findings.

Some people never learn.

j/c

One at-home defeat with an attempted flag plant has never scarred and blinded more fans.

trump did this to get maga off their butts on election day. This guy is just trying to further the ruse. Sadly to some extent this will work.

Baker is an average at best QB. Smallish, doesn't always read defenses great, turns ball over too much but his heart and toughness cannot be questioned.

I agree. If any QB throws an INT I would expect him to at Least TRY and make a tackle.

I totally agree with Fate...

My qb throws an int and doesn't try to tackle the defender because he's afraid of getting hurt...

I wouldn't want that type of player on my team.

What an awsome, humble representative of the human race Brian was. The world won't be the same without him. We interacted a lot on Fb, it seemed like everytime I would post a joke or funny meme, he would post a comment that would make it even funnier. He was always there to offer support to and brighten the days of others while fighting his own battles. And fight he did. RIP.

https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/trum...rm=fortune-features&sfmc_id=23421695

This is a good read.

It has lots of details, but maybe those facts can be dismissed by someone because .. you know, they are inconvineint.

That wouldn't do any good, and Pit knows it and why he glibly keeps saying there is no proof.

The only thing you could audit are the ballots. They are just stacks of paper at this point even if they still exist. The problem is there is no way to tell if they are legally cast ballots. There is no way to tell where they came from. I don't doubt the numbers counted will be a close match. The only way to do this is to have better security before the ballots are cast.

I was wearing a black shirt and navy pants, and walking around in a daze.

I’m sure Susy and the kids appreciated you driving that far to see him. This place was a big part of his life

Was that you that I thought I saw in the lobby (I called out "Hey, Chris" followed by "oh, I think I have the wrong person")? I probably had the wrong person.

I learned today that I'm not half the man Brian was and I have a lot to strive for as a human.