US Prosecutor Resigns Amid Trump-Related Pressure and Investigations
TL;DR
A U.S. Justice Department lawyer, Mary 'Maggie' Cleary, has been unexpectedly appointed as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing Erik Siebert amid tensions related to investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and other political figures, with Cleary alleging political targeting and sharing her experience of being falsely identified in the January 6 Capitol attack.
Topics:nationpolitics#justice-department#letitia-james#political-targeting#politics#us-attorney-general#virginia-prosecutor
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- Opinion | I tried mortgage fraud cases. Trump’s revenge prosecutions are a sham. The Washington Post
- US prosecutor resigns after Trump says 'I want him out' BBC
- U.S. attorney resigns under pressure from Trump to charge N.Y. AG Letitia James NPR
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