President Donald Trump says he is appointing one of his former defense lawyers to direct a key federal fiscal office in Virginia.
Lindsey Halligan, who currently works at the Office of the White House Secretary, represented Trump for a while during the investigation of classified documents.
Trump made the announcement In a series of publications In its social media platform, saying that the Office of the United States prosecutor for the East district of Virginia needed a “hard prosecutor” for “things to move.”
Lindsey Halligan (L) and Karoline Leavitt (c) attend the final of the male singles on the 15th of the open tennis championship of US 2025 at the National Center for National Tennis Usta Billie Jean King on September 7, 2025 in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York.
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The publication continued to say: “What we do not need is a” Republican “Democrat. I will nominate Lindsey Halligan to be the prosecutor of the United States in this very important part of our great country.
The announcement occurred one day after the previous head of that office, Erik Siebert, resigned from his position in the midst of the pressure of the Trump administration officials to present a criminal case against the New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Haligan, who has no prosecuting experience, is practiced to license the law in Florida and handled insurance claims when he joined Trump’s legal team in the midst of the investigation of the Department of Justice to the management of Trump’s classified material after leaving office after his first mandate.
More recently, from his position in the White House, Trump was in charge of Halligan with an effort to eliminate what the administration calls radical ideology in the museums of the Smithsonian institution.
“Lindsey is a Tough, Smart, and Loyal Attorney, who has worked with me for a long time, including in the winning Fight against Stood Up for My Rights During the Unconconstitution and a American Raid On My Home, Mar-A-Lago, In Palm Beach, Florida, “Trump Said in Another Social Media Media Post About Her quote.
Trump ad who was naming Halligan Until the position, there was shortly after a previous publication in which it seemed to criticize the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, for the rhythm of investigations on his political opponents, including James’s investigation for an accusation of mortgage fraud.
Erik Siebert, an interim prosecutor of the United States for the East district of Virginia, speaks during a press conference about a MS-13 gang leader who was arrested in an operation by the National Security Task Force of Virginia, at the FBI Manassas field office, on March 27, 2025, in Manassas, VA.
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In Saturday’s follow -up publication, Trump wrote: “Pam Bondi is doing a great job as the Attorney General of the United States.”
Earl this week, ABC News reported that Trump was It is expected to shoot Siebert, after the researchers, could not find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against James, according to Fuentes. Trump’s officials had pressed Siebert to present charges against James, despite the fact that the investigators did not find clear evidence that he committed a crime, the sources said.
“It seems to me that it is very guilty of something, but I really don’t know,” Trump told journalists at the Oval office on Friday.
When asked about Siebert, Trump said he wanted it “outside the position because the two Democratic senators of Virginia supported his nomination. Trump nominated Siebert for the position in May, and has served as an interim American prosecutor since the inauguration of Trump.
“When I saw that it was approved by those two men, I said, pull it, because it can’t be good,” Trump said. “When I knew they voted for him, I said, I really don’t want it.”
The staff of the United States Prosecutor’s Office in Eastern District of Virginia received an email on Saturday afternoon from Maggie Cleary, an official who recently joined the criminal division of the Department of Justice, who said she was appointed Interine Chief of the Office.
