Trump nominates Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for Eastern Virginia
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President Donald Trump nominated Lindsey Halligan as the best federal prosecutor of Virginia’s Eastern Region after the US lawyer’s release on Friday.
One Real social Explaining his post -nomination, Trump praised Halligan as a “hard, smart and loyal lawyer”, who has been in his legal orbit for years.
“[Halligan] Working with the extremely intelligent, fearless and Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Todd Blanche, has the power and determination of being absolutely extraordinary in this new and very important role. ”
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The president’s special assistant Lindsey Halligan speaks to a reporter outside the White House in Washington on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Halligan was one of Trump’s lawyers to keep FBI’s raids on Mar-A-Lago, to keep classified documents. More recently, he participated in a White House effort to eliminate what the administration claims.
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The nomination will blame Halligan as guilty by the administrative authorities in a long time enemy, New York Chief Public Prosecutor Letitia James.
President Donald said that Trump was “fired”, but Virginia’s temporary US lawyer Erik Siebert, the Eastern region, resigned from his possible role. (AP Photo/ROD LAMKEY, JR.)
Erik Siebert, the best prosecutor in the office, resigned on Friday in the midst of a pressure of Trump management officials to investigate the investigation and James’ Brooklyn Townhouse and a Virginia’s allegations.
New York Chief Public Prosecutor Letitia James speaks at a press conference on the Ministry of Government Productivity (DOE) at the Manhattan Federal Federal Palace in New York on February 14, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago)
James’ lawyers strongly rejected any claim and described the investigation as a political revenge.
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Siebert said that he had sent his resignation to his colleagues on Friday evening, and Trump said in a social media post: “He didn’t leave, I fired him!”
Trump added that the state was supported by two democratic senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and added: “Next time, let him enter as a democrat, not a Republican.”
