Overview

• Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to open investigations into Democratic figures Adam Schiff and Letitia James, writing that officials should not hesitate.
• The push draws on claims by FHFA chief Bill Pulte alleging falsified mortgage documents by Schiff, James and others, which prosecutors have not substantiated.
• Media reports say U.S. prosecutor Erik Siebert resigned from the Eastern District of Virginia after declining to pursue a fraud case against James for insufficient evidence.
• Trump said "I fired him" and nominated Lindsey Halligan, a White House lawyer who previously represented him after the Mar-a-Lago search, to fill Siebert’s post.
• Reports also indicate Siebert refused to bring a case against former FBI director James Comey, and James’s prior civil fraud judgment against Trump was later overturned on appeal.