Western Washington's top federal prosecutor removed from post amid Trump purge
The Trump administration ousted the top federal prosecutor for western Washington on Wednesday, part of a nationwide purge of U.S. attorneys.
Tessa Gorman had served as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington since her predecessor, Nick Brown, started his run for attorney general.
Gorman, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, law school, served more than 15 years in the federal prosecutor’s office in Seattle, including another stint in 2021 as acting U.S. attorney. She was the first woman to lead the office’s criminal division.
A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office said she wasn’t aware of any reason given for Gorman’s removal. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller was promoted to replace Gorman, according to Emily Langlie, a spokesperson for the office.
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