Laura Rozen raises a good point. Three of California’s four United States attorneys resigned in two months. Two of them we know were actually asked to step down on December 7th: San Diego’s Carol Lam and San Francisco’s Kevin Ryan.
But the other, Los Angeles’ Debra Wong Yang, stepped down November 10th, just after the election. On January 1st, she left for the heavy-hitting law firm that just happened to be representing Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), who is being investigated by her office.
As Laura notes, “it’s no secret that the decision to retire and a decision informed by knowledge one is going to be dismissed are sometimes the same thing…. Will Congress want to hear from her as well?”