Damien Diggs, a career federal prosecutor, becomes the first Black U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
Biden named U.S. attorneys for the state’s other three districts in mid-October, but inexplicably did not fill the East Texas vacancy. The Senate confirmed all three by voice vote on Dec. 6.Ted Cruz says Joe Biden has snubbed bipartisan U.S. attorney pick for East Texas
The pick would be “particularly significant” in light of the 1998 murder in Jasper, when James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death, the senator said. The Eastern District covers 43 of Texas’ 254 counties. Apart from Plano and Beaumont, it includes Sherman, Tyler, Marshall and Texarkana.
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