The Department of Justice Inspector General’s office will not prosecute an assistant U.S. attorney who engaged in sexual misconduct with a civilian on a date.
The office said (pdf) Monday that an investigation had determined the unnamed assistant U.S. attorney exposed themselves in a public place and then “sexually assaulted a civilian while on a date,” which it noted was “in violation of state law and federal regulations governing off-duty conduct.”
After an investigation, the Inspector General’s office also found that the assistant U.S. attorney “lacked candor in discussing” the incident with investigators.
“Criminal prosecution of the [assistant U.S. attorney] was declined,” the report said. The name of the assistant U.S. attorney was not disclosed, and it’s unclear if the person still works as an assistant U.S. attorney….