Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times
- Andre Birotte Jr., who for the last six years has served as the Los Angeles Police Department’s inspector general, has been tapped by President Obama to become the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, the White House announced Thursday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Birotte, 43, would become the first black man to serve as U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
The Times reported in October that he was the likely nominee.
“I am honored and humbled by this nomination,” said Birotte, who learned of the news early Thursday while visiting family on the East Coast for the holidays.
As U.S. attorney, he would oversee the nation’s second-largest office with about 275 lawyers and a seven-county jurisdiction that spans most of Southern California.
