FILE: Attorneys and legal advocates march outside the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse — home to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California — on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, Calif., on May 1, 2025. (Thomas Hughes/Bay City News)

A VETERAN PROSECUTOR who investigated the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya and prosecuted a Chinese spy was sworn in as the new U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California.

Appointed Tuesday by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Craig Missakian brings decades of experience in high-stakes litigation, national security cases, and public service at both the state and federal levels.

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