Brownell also worked secretly to undermine some of the "excesses" of McCarthy.<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>
Brownell also worked secretly to undermine some of the "excesses" of McCarthy.<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>
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Brownell resigned from the Eisenhower Administration on October 23, 1957, which was accepted in a letter by Eisenhower.<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-accepting-resignation-herbert-brownell-jr-the-attorney-general Letter Accepting Resignation of Herbert Brownell, Jr., as the Attorney General.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>
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He resigned from the Eisenhower Administration on October 23, 1957, which was accepted in a letter by Eisenhower.<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-accepting-resignation-herbert-brownell-jr-the-attorney-general Letter Accepting Resignation of Herbert Brownell, Jr., as the Attorney General.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>