Former GOP operative installed as NSA top lawyer resigns

Former GOP operative Michael Ellis resigned from his post as the National Security Agency’s top lawyer on Friday, after being placed on administrative leave the day President Trump left office.

According to The Washington Post, Ellis, who had been sidelined from the agency for nearly three months, was placed on leave in January pending an investigation by the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) into the circumstances of his selection as NSA general counsel, and a security inquiry regarding his handling of classified information.