- Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:20 pm
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Rachel Brand, associate attorney general in the Department of Justice, is stepping down from her position. In the line of succession, Brand has been behind Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. She was in line to oversee the investigation if Rosenstein stepped down.
Brand had assisted in an extension of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program.
Currie Gunn, Brand’s assistant, has also left the department, according to The Times.
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