BOISE, Idaho – A former Idaho state representative and U.S. Air Force veteran has been sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for Idaho.
John Shirts was sworn in Sunday in a private ceremony.
Shirts, a fifth-generation Idahoan, grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He represented District 9 as a state representative.
He previously worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, prosecuting cases in Pocatello and Boise.
Shirts is a graduate of the University of Idaho and the University of Colorado Law School.
He earned a commission in the U.S. Air Force as a JAG officer, serving in Korea and in the Air Force Special Victims Unit.
Shirts succeeds Bart Davis who retired from the position this month.
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