Downing (born March 27, 1979) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma from 2019 to 2021.

[1] From 2011 to 2016, Downing was an Assistant Attorney General for Oklahoma, where he represented the State of Oklahoma in criminal appeals, was a member of the Opinion Conference, and was Director of Legislative Affairs.

Since 2011, he has also served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserve.

In this capacity from 2013 to 2014, he served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney at Fort Hood, Texas, working with the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas.

[1] On March 1, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Downing to be the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.