China News Agency, Washington, December 14 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) US Attorney General William Barr submitted his resignation to President Trump on the 14th.
He will leave on December 23.
Trump met with Barr at the White House that afternoon.
He then affirmed Barr's "excellent work" on social media and said the relationship between them was "very good."
Trump also announced that Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen will serve as acting attorney general.
Barr, 70, is the second attorney general nominated by Trump during his tenure.
This is also his second time in this position.
Barr took office in February 2019, at the time when Special Counsel Miller's "Russia Gate" investigation was nearing completion.
After that, Barr withstood the pressure of the Democrats in Congress and only released the abridged version of the "Tong-Rumen" investigation report for confidential reasons.
In his resignation, Barr disclosed that he reported to Trump the same afternoon the Department of Justice's assessment of fraud-related allegations in the 2020 election and how investigations surrounding these allegations will continue.
December 14th is the day when the Electoral College voted in the US states to formally elect the President and Vice President.
The news of Barr's resignation happened just after the former US Vice President and Democrat Biden won more than 270 electoral votes.
Barr said in the aforementioned letter, "At a time when the U.S. is so deeply divided, governments at all levels and relevant agencies have the responsibility to do everything they can to ensure the fairness of the election and promote public confidence in the results of the election."
The US "Capitol Hill" pointed out that Barr is "one of Trump's strongest supporters" in the cabinet, but his determination of the election result is not consistent with the position of the Trump team.
In an interview with the media on December 1, Barr stated that the US Department of Justice has not discovered large-scale fraud that may affect the outcome of the election.
After the election, many of the Trump administration and White House staff have been fired or left.
Earlier, Trump dismissed Secretary of Defense Esper and Director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Bureau Krebs.
Farah, the director of the White House Communications Office, resigned in early December.
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