The son-in-law of former FBI director James Comey quit his job moments after the longtime Donald Trump target was indicted.

Troy Edwards stepped down as a federal prosecutor for the office of U.S. Attorney in Virginia’s Eastern District, which had indicted Comey, after watching his father-in-law’s hearing in court on Thursday.

Edwards, who married Comey’s daughter Katherine in 2015, said he resigned “to uphold my oath to the Constitution and the country.”

The single-line letter was addressed to Lindsey Halligan, the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who started on Monday. Halligan, a former Miss Colorado contestant, previously acted as Trump’s personal lawyer.

Halligan indicted Comey on Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress about his investigation into Russia

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