<P> The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk . The current interim U.S. Attorney is Richard Donoghue, who replaced acting U.S. Attorney Bridget Rohde on January 4, 2018 . The Eastern District was home to Loretta E. Lynch who resigned to take office as U.S. Attorney General on April 27, 2015 . </P> <P> The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted and defended by the U.S. Attorney . </P>

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