A top aide to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE is reportedly planning on stepping down from his position.

NPR reported on Tuesday that Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools will leave the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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NPR notes that Schools's departure comes after he played a critical role in some of the Justice Department's most important recent decisions. Schools reportedly recommended that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabeGraham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe MORE be dismissed for his "lack of candor" in an internal probe.

He also received regular briefings from special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE about the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Schools's decision comes a few months after Rachel Brand stepped down from her position as associate attorney general in February.

Brand left her postion as the No. 3 official at the DOJ after nine months in order to to become Walmart's executive vice president of global governance and corporate secretary.

NPR reports that Schools is leaving for a position in the private sector. A source told the news outlet that there was no sign Schools's departure came because he was being pushed out. He'll be replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who currently works in the national security unit.