The top federal prosecutor in South Florida has resigned, months after being tapped to oversee a probe of the alleged "grand conspiracy" among ex-Obama administration officials to push claims of collusion between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government.
"United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiones submitted his resignation from the Department of Justice," Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on X.
"We are grateful for Jason's leadership in combatting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime, including the indictment of [former Cuban leader] Ral Castro," Blanche said. "Jason has served the Department multiple times over his distinguished career, and we thank him for his service to this country."
The grand conspiracy investigation, begun in August 2025, put Quiones at the center of one of the Trump DOJ's most politically charged inquiries. His sudden departure leaves the Russiagate conspiracy probe without its named lead prosecutor in South Florida.
Blanche's note offered praise for Quiones' crime-fighting record but did not detail a successor or a new timeline for the conspiracy case. The resignation lands as the administration continues to press accountability claims tied to the 2016 Russia collusion narrative.
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