The Justice Department confirmed on Wednesday that Channing Phillips will return to his previous post and lead the U.S. Attorney Office for the District of Columbia in an acting capacity. A department spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email that the current top prosecutor for the office, Michael Sherwin, will leave his post this week but will remain in Washington for a brief period, at the request of the department, to allow for a smooth transition with the oversight of the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol prosecutions. Sherwin’s office has been leading the investigation into the violence and has charged over 330 cases within a seven-week period, he said in a memo obtained by media outlets. After the transition is completed, Sherwin is expected to rejoin the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, the spokesperson said. Phillips previously served as the top prosecutor for the U.S. …