Dismayed by Trump, Head of Drug Enforcement Administration to Leave
WASHINGTON — The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign at the end of the week, according to
law enforcement officials, who said he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law.
The president spoke disparagingly about ongoing criminal investigations into his own associates, encouraged the Justice Department to investigate political rivals including Hillary Clinton
and said he would never have nominated Jeff Sessions to be attorney general if he had known Mr.
The president fired Mr. Comey in May, and then in July told law enforcement officers “please don’t be too nice” when handling crime suspects.
Mr. Trump has injected the White House into law enforcement matters in ways that have made many career officials uncomfortable.
