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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 10, 2021

Mike Dunavant, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced he will be leaving the post on Feb. 28, News Channel 5 reports. Dunavant has served in the position for more than three years after being appointed by then-President Donald Trump. “Nearly three and a half years ago I was provided the professional honor of a lifetime,” Dunavant said. “To be able to serve the district where I was born, raised and educated, and for which I have tremendous love and respect, was a remarkable experience.” Effective March 1, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Murphy will take over as acting U.S. attorney. Earlier this week, the U.S. Justice Department asked Trump-era appointees to resign their posts. Bloomberg Law has more on that story.