US Edition'He Didn't Quit, I Fired Him': Trump Pushes Back Against Claim US Attorney Resigned
Erik Siebert resigned after finding insufficient evidence to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud despite pressure from the Trump administration.
- President Trump asserted late on Truth Social that he fired Erik S. Siebert, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, though ABC News reported Siebert emailed staff about his departure hours before on Friday.
- Facing pressure from the Trump administration, Erik S. Siebert's prosecutors recently found insufficient evidence to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James in the mortgage-fraud investigation.
- Siebert was nominated in May by President Trump with support from Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, and ABC News reported he emailed staff at 7:53 PM about his departure before Trump's post.
- Trump announced Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, with first assistant Maya Song also leaving and no permanent replacement for Erik S. Siebert yet.
- The episode highlights President Donald Trump's pattern of ousting U.S. attorneys viewed as disloyal, undermining long-standing norms protecting prosecutors and Justice Department independence.
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US attorney under pressure to charge New York Attorney General in mortgage fraud case resigns
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. Erik Siebert confirmed his departure in an email to colleagues, reviewed by The Associated Press, in which he praised them as the “finest and most exceptional” of Justice Departmen…
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Erik Siebert was serving as the top federal prosecutor in Virginia but resigned while Trump administration officials consider bringing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud related to James’ Brooklyn townhouse and a Virginia home.
The U.S. President has publicly pressed Pam Bondi to advance the investigation of New York's chief prosecutor, after dismissing the prosecutor who saw no grounds for prosecution, Erik Siebert, and appointing a White House assistant to the post.The federal prosecutor investigating people named by Trump resigns between threats and pressure from the U.S. president.This is Trump's America: if a prosecutor doesn't attack those he considers to be poli…
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