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US: Third highest-ranking official at the DoJ is stepping down and Baer is stepping in

By  |  April 5, 2016

Bill Baer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division, will step away from the division to become the third-highest ranking official at the DoJ.

Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery — who oversees a broad swath of operations in the Justice Department including all the civil lawsuits, civil rights cases and antitrust matters — said in an interview that he will vacate his post April 14 and return to the private sector. He gave no specific reason, other than he wants to spend more time with his 15-year-old and 11-year-old sons.

“It seems like, all things considered, a good time for this,” Delery said. “I’ve had a great experience here.”

Lynch is soon expected to name his replacement, Bill Baer, who currently leads the department’s antitrust division, according to a source familiar with the move.

Full content: The Washington Post

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