It is the second high-profile exit after Joseph diGenova left earlier this month without bringing charges. The probe remains meandering and ill-defined.
TL;DR: Olsen, a backer of false 2020 election claims, quit the so-called grand conspiracy probe. DiGenova also left with no case filed. No public indictments have been filed on this track.
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Who left, and why it matters
Olsen backed Trump's false 2020 election claims for years. His resignation adds turmoil to a yearlong investigation that has proceeded in fits and starts.
DiGenova, sworn in after earlier upheaval, resigned earlier this month without a criminal case.
What the probe claims to be
Prosecutors have pursued a right-wing theory of a conspiracy against Trump by officials who investigated him. It remains unclear what evidence supports that idea.
Where things stand
Social posts may cast each resignation as proof of a cover-up or of a collapsing witch hunt. The locked fact is simpler: another lead prosecutor is gone, and no public indictment has landed from this track.
Sources: Euronews on Olsen's resignation.