Richard Donoghue sheds ‘interim’ tag as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, announced on Thursday that the interim U.S. Attorney for the EDNY is now officially the district’s U.S. attorney.
Effective on Saturday, May 5, the district’s chief judge and judges of the have appointed Donoghue as the U.S. attorney during a ceremony that was held on Friday at the courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.
“Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry has notified me that the court … has appointed me to serve as the U.S. attorney for the [Eastern District of New York],” Donoghue said in a statement. “I am deeply grateful to the court for the opportunity to continue to serve as the U.S. attorney.
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