Solicitor General Noel Francisco is leaving the Department of Justice, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
Francisco defended Trump administration policies before the Supreme Court. It is typical for solicitors general to depart toward the end of the Supreme Court's term in June.
The role made Francisco the chief legal face of many Trump administration initiatives since he took the job in September of 2017. take over for then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and oversee the investigation into Russian interference that was being led by former special counsel Robert Mueller. But Rosenstein stayed in the job, and Francisco was never tapped to fill in.
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