U.S. Lawyer Jessica Aber for the Japanese District of Virginia, speaks with reporters throughout a information convention on the Division of Justice, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington, as Lawyer Common Merrick Garland, left, and Secretary of Homeland Safety Alejandro Mayorkas, look on.
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Former U.S. legal professional for the Japanese District of Virginia Jessica Aber was discovered lifeless in Alexandria on Saturday morning, police stated. She was 43.
Police found Aber’s physique whereas responding to a report of an unresponsive lady round 9:20 a.m., the Alexandria Police Division stated in an announcement.
Police didn’t point out whether or not they believed the demise was suspicious and stated the medical expert’s workplace would decide the trigger and method of demise.
“As a matter of protocol, an investigation is underway surrounding the circumstances of her demise,” police stated.
Aber resigned as U.S. legal professional on Jan. 20, the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated.
She was appointed by President Joe Biden on Aug. 10, 2021, and was then confirmed by the Senate.
Aber had been an assistant U.S. legal professional for the district since 2009 and was deputy chief of the prison division earlier than being named U.S. legal professional, her division biography says.
U.S. attorneys are political appointees and could be eliminated on the will of the president. Trump in February stated on Fact Social he “instructed the termination” of all of the remaining U.S. attorneys underneath Biden.
The U.S. legal professional for the district, Erik S. Siebert, stated he and the workplace have been heartbroken over Aber’s demise.
“She was unmatched as a frontrunner, mentor, and prosecutor, and he or she is just irreplaceable as a human being,” he stated in an announcement.
“She liked EDVA and EDVA liked her again,” Siebert wrote.
U.S. Lawyer Common Pamela Bondi additionally expressed her condolences, saying, “The lack of Jessica Aber, former U.S. Lawyer for the Japanese District of Virginia, is deeply tragic.”
“Our hearts and prayers exit to her household and associates throughout this profoundly troublesome time,” Bondi stated.
