Medical examiner in Virginia reveals cause of death for former Biden US attorney who died in her sleep

Police revealed the cause of death of former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber, months after police died mysteriously in March.

The former official died of “sudden death from epilepsy,” the medical examiner’s office in Alexandria, Virginia. Virginian. Police said earlier this year that they “have found no evidence that her death was caused by anything other than natural causes.”

Uncle’s family She issued a statement to the media shortly after her death, noting that she suffered from epilepsy and related seizures “for years.”

Aber, 43, served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2021 to 2025, and then resigned on January 20 Donald Trump Back to the White House.

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Jessica Aber met here in 2023 and resigned from his position on January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Tom Brenner)

In her resignation letter, she called her role “an unmeasurable honor.”

“I am very grateful to Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine for their opportunity to lead the position and to have Attorney General Garland take on a firm leadership,” she wrote at the time. “I am proud of the work we have done with federal, state and local law enforcement partners to enforce the law and build community trust.”

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During her tenure, she prosecuted cases involving leaks from the CIA and Russian nationals

Jessica D, 43, is the 43-year-old. (U.S. Department of Justice Archives)

One of her biggest legal victories was last year, shortly before her resignation, when former CIA analyst Asif Rahman pleaded guilty to leaking the highest secret document about Israel’s plan to strike Iran.

Rahman was accused of posting documents on Israel’s strikes by telegram last year, causing the country’s military to delay its initial plans.

Jessica Aber, the then-attorney for East Virginia, spoke at a U.S. Department of Justice press conference in Washington, D.C. on December 6, 2023 (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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Aber criticized Rahman’s actions as “a violation of his oath, responsibility and law” and said the leak “puts life at risk, undermined U.S. diplomatic relations, and undermined our ability to gather important intelligence in the future.”

In 2019, Aber received it Ministry of Justice The Assistant Attorney General’s Outstanding Service Award.

Landon Mion of Fox News contributes to the report