Mississippi’s Southern District will soon be in need of a U.S. Attorney as Todd Gee has announced plans to step down.
Gee, who was nominated by President Joe Biden for the role in September 2022 and confirmed by the Senate a year later, will resign from his post on Jan. 17. He took over the post formerly held by Mike Hurst after Darren LaMarca served in the interim. Gee’s resignation will take place three days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
“The opportunity to serve as a United States Attorney in my home state of Mississippi has been the highest honor of my over 17 years of public service in the United States Department of Justice,” Gee stated in a news release.
“The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi is full of talented professionals dedicated to public safety, fairness, and the rule of law,” he continued. “It has been a great privilege to work with them and my other colleagues in the Department. I thank President Biden for nominating me as United States Attorney, and Attorney General (Merrick) Garland for leading the Department and supporting the Southern District of Mississippi during my tenure.”
Gee spent just over a year prosecuting cases at the federal level in Mississippi, including one with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, and other elected officials at the center of an alleged bribery scheme.
Before his role as U.S. Attorney, Gee served in other capacities within the Justice Department. He was once Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section in the Department’s Criminal Division and an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia.
At this time, the incoming Trump administration has not announced potential replacements.
