Timothy Shea
Timothy Shea is an American attorney and prosecutor who served as acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2020 to 2021. Previously, he was interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, the country's largest U.S. attorney's office; a senior counselor to U.S. Attorney General William Barr at the Department of Justice; a lobbyist; and private corporate lawyer.
Timothy Shea | |
|---|---|
| Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | |
| In office May 19, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Preston Grubbs |
| Preceded by | Uttam Dhillon (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | D. Christopher Evans (Acting) |
| Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| In office February 3, 2020 – May 19, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jessie Liu |
| Succeeded by | Michael R. Sherwin (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Boston College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
During his short tenure as U.S. attorney, Shea took the controversial step of calling for a dismissal of charges against Trump associate Michael Flynn, even though Flynn had already pleaded guilty. Shea also intervened in the criminal case against convicted Trump associate Roger Stone, recommending a lighter sentence for Stone than the career prosecutors who had worked on the case.