She refused a Trump administration demand to freeze environmental grant assets.

The resignation of the prosecutor, Denise Cheung, comes at a turbulent moment at the Justice Department, as President Trump ...

A lifetime public servant, the by-the-book lawyer is the latest to defend the integrity of an increasingly imperilled justice system ...

The criminal division chief refused to use DOJ power to compel the bank, citing lack of evidence of a crime after Trump ...

Denise Cheung’s departure comes as Trump seeks to elevate the office’s temporary leader, interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, to ...

A longtime federal prosecutor resigned Tuesday rather than carry out what she described as orders from Trump-appointed ...

The top criminal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday, ...

The head of the criminal division of the D.C. U.S. attorney's office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after refusing to comply with a directive from President Donald Trump's new administration ...

The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a ...

In a resignation letter obtained by NBC News, Denise Cheung, a federal prosecutor, outlines an alleged pressure campaign that ended in her departure.

In announcing her resignation, Denise Cheung said a Trump appointee pushed her to launch a criminal probe without cause.