Biden official involved in removal of DoJ lawyer concerned by family separations

Monty Wilkinson worked with Iris Lan in reviewing complaints about prosecutor who said he was disturbed' by Trump policy

The Biden administration's acting attorney general, a longtime career official named Monty Wilkinson, took part in a controversial 2017 decision to remove a justice department (DoJ) lawyer in Texas who had raised concerns about migrant children who were being separated from their parents.

Emails seen by the Guardian show that Wilkinson, who is expected to serve as acting attorney general until Judge Merrick Garland is formally confirmed by the Senate, worked with another longtime career official, Iris Lan, in reviewing complaints about Joshua Stern, a prosecutor who had told colleagues he was disturbed" by the Trump administration's separation policy.