A Trump goon tasked with investigating the president’s political enemies has thrown in the towel.
Joe diGenova submitted his resignation to Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday after less than five months at the Justice Department, according to ABC News.
Sources told the outlet diGenova’s resignation comes amid frustration from Trump and senior DOJ officials regarding his oversight of the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation in Florida.
“I resigned by letter today at 3 o’clock,” diGenova told the outlet. “It was an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the department.”
“I’m not going to say anything further. I wish them well,” he added.
The Daily Beast has reached out to the DOJ for comment.
DiGenova, a former federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C. during the Reagan administration, returned to the DOJ as Counselor to the Attorney General in April.
The 81-year-old was tapped to supervise a probe into Obama- and Biden-era officials out of Fort Pierce, Florida, after he had begged former Attorney General Pam Bondi for the job.
The close Trump ally hadn’t worked in decades, but has been loud about his support for Trump—echoing the president’s claims that there was a government conspiracy against him.
DiGenova, who had previously aided in Donald Trump’s legal effort to reverse his 2020 election loss, was installed shortly after seasoned prosecutor Maria Medetis Long was removed from the probe for expressing doubts about its viability.
Though the investigation has generated dozens of subpoenas over the last year to past officials who investigated Trump, it has yet to yield any criminal prosecutions.
The octogenarian attorney claimed that he could bring charges against Trump’s political foes within 30 days—a feat he failed to bring to fruition.
“Joe came in pretty hot,” a person familiar with the investigation told CNN. “He had a lot of things he wanted to look into.”
But rather than pursuing charges against former CIA Director John Brennan, as Medetis Long had, diGenova instead opted to open the case to more targets, according to CNN.
“He was missing the forest for the trees,” a source told the outlet.
