DOJ national security chief, Miami U.S. attorney resign same day

As of 8:58 p.m. ET, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026

Two senior Justice Department officials resigned Friday, Nov. 6: John Eisenberg, the assistant attorney general who led the National Security Division, and Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced both departures on X.

"Today I accepted the resignation of Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Eisenberg from the Department of Justice," Blanche wrote at 11:01 a.m. ET. "He has served with distinction, strengthening our nation's ability to address threats, both foreign and domestic."

About 90 minutes earlier, Blanche posted that Reding Quiñones had submitted his resignation. "We are grateful for Jason's leadership in combatting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime, including the indictment of Raúl Castro," he wrote.

Neither post gave a reason for the departures or named a successor or acting official.

The National Security Division

The National Security Division handles the department's counterterrorism and counterintelligence work, export control enforcement and reviews of foreign investments in U.S. companies, CBS News reported. CBS said Eisenberg kept a relatively low profile during his tenure and that the division has lost a large number of its career staff over the last year.

In his post, Blanche said that under Eisenberg the division prosecuted terrorists and worked with law enforcement partners "to disrupt planned attacks on the American people." Blanche called the job Eisenberg's "second tour of duty serving President Trump as a national security official and advisor." Eisenberg served as a White House deputy counsel in Trump's first term, Bloomberg Law reported.

Bloomberg Law, citing senior administration officials who spoke anonymously, reported that Blanche forced Eisenberg out after the two clashed over the pace of White House-directed media leak investigations. According to that report, Eisenberg had sought to slow demands to compel grand jury testimony from reporters about their sources, insisting that the division follow department protocols requiring other fact-gathering steps first. The Justice Department and Eisenberg did not respond to Bloomberg Law's requests for comment.

Miami's top federal prosecutor

Reding Quiñones confirmed his departure in his own post on X. "I submitted my resignation to the President as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, effective today," he wrote, according to Florida's Voice, which reported that he did not state a reason.

He was sworn in as U.S. attorney on Aug. 13, 2025, Florida's Voice reported. His office secured the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes flown by the Miami exile group Brothers to the Rescue, the outlet said.

His office also ran what NBC News described as a "grand conspiracy" investigation into officials involved in earlier investigations of Trump. NBC reported that no charges had been brought directly in that effort. Officials have not linked his resignation to any case, Florida's Voice reported.

Third senior departure in two days

The two resignations came a day after Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, tendered her resignation, CBS News reported. CBS said Dhillon had told the White House before the Nov. 3 midterm elections that she intended to step down.