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A Republican-appointed federal judge explained in an op-ed in The Atlantic why he resigned.

Mark L. Wolf cited corruption in the executive branch and partisan use of the law by the DOJ.

Wolf's cases include the James "Whitey" Bulger trial and fallout over FBI treatment of informants.

A federal judge appointed by a Republican president resigned last Friday, and published a scathing letter in The Atlantic on Monday explaining why .

“The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out,” wrote Mark L. Wolf, a former U.S. district judge in Massachusetts. “Silence, to me, is now intolerable.”

In the letter, Wolf accused the Trump administration of corruption, using the law for partisan purposes and activating the Depart

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