"President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would be nominating senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office that was thrown into turmoil when its U.S. attorney was pushed out Friday. In a social media post just after he departed the White House for an event at Mount Vernon, Trump wrote he was nominating Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, writing that she "will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!""
"The nomination would place one of the president's legal defenders in charge of an office in tumult over political pressure by administration officials to criminally charge New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of Trump, in a mortgage fraud investigation. Erik Siebert, who had been the office's top prosecutor, resigned amid a push by Trump administration officials to bring charges in the investigation, which stems from allegations of paperwork discrepancies on James' Brooklyn townhouse and a Virginia home."
President Donald Trump nominated Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after the office's U.S. attorney was pushed out. Trump announced the nomination on social media, saying she "will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!" The nomination places a presidential legal defender in an office that faced political pressure to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James in a mortgage fraud probe, prompting top prosecutor Erik Siebert to resign. The Justice Department has investigated for months without evidence sufficient to secure an indictment, and James' lawyers deny the allegations and call the investigation political revenge.
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