Second Justice Dept Official Quits Trump ‘Revenge’ Effort….

Donald Trump’s ‘Revenge’ effort is springing holes in it ….

A senior prosecutor working on the so-called grand conspiracy investigation into a wide array of President Trump’s enemies has resigned from the case, adding to the turmoil that has recently plagued the inquiry, according to people familiar with the matter.

The prosecutor, Kurt Olsen, stepped down from the case on Monday after facing issues with his security clearance, one of the people said, making him the second prosecutor in a month to do so.

Mr. Olsen’s unexpected departure came only three weeks after the prosecutor in charge of the case, Joseph diGenova, also abruptly quit his post. Mr. diGenova, who is 81 and served as the U.S. attorney in Washington during the Reagan administration, stepped down after his superiors in Washington lost patience with him for his taking too much time in bringing charges.

The twin resignations, in such proximity, were a serious setback to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to follow through on the president’s desire to take revenge against the many federal officials who have investigated him over the past decade. The case had already had significant staffing shake-ups — including its first lead prosecutor being sidelined after telling her superiors there was insufficient evidence for charges to be filed.

One of the lead F.B.I. agents assigned to the case, Jack Eckenrode, also departed in recent weeks, according to the people familiar the matter. Mr. Eckenrode was best known for having spent years under the special counsel, John H. Durham, investigating the investigators in the inquiry into the ties between Russia and Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The grand conspiracy case has long been the most ambitious — and far-fetched — of the many retributive investigations that Mr. Trump has demanded the Justice Department undertake….

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Mr. Olsen’s departure has added to the leadership void atop the grand conspiracy case, which is nominally being run by Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the Trump-friendly U.S. attorney in Miami. It remains unclear who is now in charge of the day-to-day management of the inquiry. But the Justice Department has plans to put two more prosecutors on the case….

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