Earlier this week, the Biden regimelink appointed Saima Mohsin asthe acting US attorney for Michigan’s Eastern District.
Saima Mohsin will be taking charge of the post in an acting capacityfollowing the resignation of incumbent Matthew Schneider. The prosecutorhad resigned shortly after President Biden took over the presidency.
The US Justice Department said that Schneider’s last day as the UnitedStates Attorney will be February 1.
The US Justice Department said that Mohsin will “immediately assume officeas Acting United States Attorney” under the Vacancies Reform Act.
Earlier, Mohsin was serving as the First Assistant United States Attorneysince March 2018.
“She is a career prosecutor, having served in the US Attorney’s Officesince 2002, and prior to that as a Deputy New Jersey Attorney General andan Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan,” said the Justice Department.
Mohsin called the appointment a “great honour”.
“I am deeply committed to fulfilling our core mission to faithfully enforcethe law and seek justice for all,” Mohsin was quoted in the press release.
*‘One of the finest federal prosecutors’*
According to the *Detroit Free Press* link, the Pakistanborn lawyer will bring diversity to an important position.
The publication reported that Mohsin is a graduate of the Rutgers Universitylink in New Jersey where she earned a bachelor’sdegree and a law degree.
While outgoing attorney Schneider said he was “pleased” to leave the USAttorney’s Office for Eastern District of Michigan in Mohsin’s hands who hecalled “one of the finest federal prosecutors” he’s ever known.
“Saima is a dynamic trial lawyer and a talented manager. And, as the firstwoman, immigrant, Muslim United States Attorney in American history, herservice is truly historic,” said Schneider. He is confident that the lawyerwill be an “outstanding representative and defender” of the community.
Meanwhile, the two leaders with Muslim advocacy Council on American-IslamicRelations (CAIR) told the *Detroit Free Press* that they were not aware ofany US attorney or acting US attorney who has been Muslim.
“I do not believe that there has ever been a Muslim US Attorney,” GaiderAbbas told the *Detroit Free Press*.
The position of acting US attorney for which Mohsin has been named is not apermanent one and US laws allow judges to select an interim US Attorney.
Not only this, President Joe Biden could nominate someone to fill theposition, which would have to be confirmed by the US Senate.
Saima Mohsin is the First Assistant United States Attorney for the UnitedStates Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan. Ms Mohsin is acareer prosecutor with significant experience handling a broad variety ofcases. She joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2002 and has served in theViolent and Organized Crime Unit, the Drug Task Force, and the GeneralCrimes Unit.
Ms Mohsin is also an instructor at the National Advocacy Center andfrequently teaches Basic Trial Advocacy. Prior to joining the U.S.Attorney’s Office, Ms Mohsin served a Deputy Attorney General in theOrganized Crime and Racketeering Section of the New Jersey Division ofCriminal Justice prosecuting complex organized crime cases, and as anAssistant District Attorney in New York City. Ms Mohsin received her JurisDoctor from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, and herBachelor of Arts Degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NewJersey.