Less that two months after being sworn in as the new U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Todd Gilbert is out.

Gilbert resigned effective 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to Brian McGinn, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Gilbert sworn in as US attorney for Western District of Virginia

Robert Tracci, an assistant Virginia attorney general and former commonwealth’s attorney in Albemarle County, has been named acting U.S. attorney, McGinn said. No additional details were immediately available.

Gilbert, a former Shenandoah Valley state lawmaker and Republican majority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, was appointed interim U.S. attorney on July 14 by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

He was nominated for the position, which requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate,

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