New US Attorney for the Rest of New York

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Prosecutor noted for white-collar work named U.S. attorney in Albany

Here is the sub-headline:

Antoinette Bacon expected to take Albany post as predecessor is sworn in as judge

From the Albany, New York, newspaper The Times Union, by Reporter Brendan J. Lyons, 2 September 2020.

Here is the lede plus four:

Antoinette T. Bacon, an associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, has been named acting U.S. attorney for New York's Northern District, according to multiple sources briefed on the matter.

Bacon will become the first female U.S. attorney in the district, which encompasses 32 counties stretching from Kingston to the Canadian border and west to Syracuse.

She was at the federal courthouse in Albany on Wednesday afternoon as her predecessor in the position, Grant C. Jaquith, was sworn into his new post as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims. U.S. District Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby swore in Jaquith during the brief ceremony.

Jaquith, who led the Northern District office beginning in July 2017, will serve a 15-year term as one of the seven judges on the veterans' court. President Donald J. Trump nominated Jaquith, a former Army colonel, for the judgeship a year ago.

According to her professional biography, Bacon, who is from Cleveland, Ohio, is the Justice Department's national elder justice coordinator and previously served as the national white collar crime coordinator at the executive office for U.S. attorneys.

And here is the DOJ Press Announcement.  The Press Release, from Thursday, 3 September 2020, was titled "ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM P. BARR ANNOUNCES THE DESIGNATION OF ANTOINETTE T. BACON AS ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK".

Here are the first three paragraphs of the Press Release:

Attorney General William P. Barr announced today that Antoinette T. Bacon has been designated as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 3345(a)(3).  Bacon will replace U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, who announced his resignation upon his appointment as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. “I am pleased that the President has designated Toni Bacon as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York,” said Attorney General William P. Barr.  “Her contributions to the initiatives she oversaw while working for the Office of the Deputy Attorney General are a testament to her relentless commitment to protect and serve all Americans.  I know the Northern District will find Toni to be an exceptional prosecutor and dedicated leader.”

The area Ms Antoinette Bacon worked previously was, as noted, elder abuse.  Notwithstanding the fact that the Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is a blowhard on the issue of the elderly, it is an area that badly needs to be looked into in New York, particularly with regard to Winnie the Flu.  I am not expecting revelations to come flowing out, but rather, the kind of slow, careful, investigations the Barr Department of Justice is known for.

Good luck to the ordinary Citizens of New York.

Regards  —  Cliff