Trump ally resigns from post leading inquiry into alleged conspiracy against president

Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election

A longtime ally of Donald Trump resigned from his post leading a Department of Justice investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.

“Sometimes people want things done faster and that’s all you can do,” Joe diGenova told the Guardian on Thursday. He appeared to be referring to concerns among other Trump loyalists that the president’s retribution cases were not moving quickly enough.