Las Vegas, NV (AP) - Nevada is getting a new top federal prosecutor following the confirmation of Democratic state Assembly leader Jason Frierson as U.S. Attorney in Las Vegas.
Democratic U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen hailed Frierson’s confirmation Wednesday, noting the position had remained open since the February 2021 resignation in of Nicholas Trutanich. Frierson also worked as a deputy Clark County public defender.
“Jason Frierson is a passionate, dedicated, and deeply knowledgeable Nevadan who will make an excellent U.S. Attorney for Nevada,” Cortez Masto said.
The appointment to the U.S. Attorney post is a four-year term.
Frierson will replace Christopher Chiou, the former first assistant U.S. attorney in Nevada who was made interim head of the office when Trutanich, a former top deputy Nevada state attorney general, left the job after Democratic President Joe Biden took office.
Frierson’s appointment comes a little more than a week after the FBI named Spencer Evans as the new special agent in charge of the bureau’s Las Vegas field office.