Timothy Shea | |
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Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | |
In office May 19, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Preston Grubbs |
Preceded by | Uttam Dhillon (Acting) |
Succeeded by | D. Christopher Evans (Acting) |
Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
In office February 3, 2020 – May 19, 2020 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jessie Liu |
Succeeded by | Michael R. Sherwin (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Education | Boston College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Timothy Shea is an American attorney and prosecutor who served as acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2020 to 2021.[1] Previously, he was interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, the country's largest U.S. attorney's office;[2][3] a senior counselor to U.S. Attorney General William Barr at the Department of Justice;[3] a lobbyist; and private corporate lawyer.[4]
During his short tenure as U.S. attorney, Shea took the controversial step of calling for a dismissal of charges against Trump associate Michael Flynn, even though Flynn had already pleaded guilty. Shea also intervened in the criminal case against convicted Trump associate Roger Stone, recommending a lighter sentence for Stone than the career prosecutors who had worked on the case.
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