Delaware's acting U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray resigned her post Friday morning and the courts appointed her successor immediately, an unusual turn of events after months of questions about the legality of President Donald Trump's attempts to fill federal prosecutor roles around the country with loyalists.

Murray, who has served as both "interim" and "acting" U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware since the summer, posted her resignation on social media early on the morning of Dec. 12. At the same time, an order signed by Delaware District Court Judge Colm Connolly was posted on the Delaware federal court website appointing Benjamin Wallace as U.S. Attorney.

Wallace has been a prosecutor in that office for about three years. A Yale Law grad and former Supreme Court clerk, he has wor

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