U.S. Attorney Billy Williams has served as Oregon’s top federal law enforcement officer since 2015, but has been asked by the Biden administration to step down at the end of this month. We’ll talk to Williams about his tenure as Oregon’s U.S. Attorney, including his role prosecuting protesters in Portland this summer and his pledge to charge Oregonians who took part in last month’s insurrection.
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