Overview

• Over the weekend, President Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi on Truth Social to pursue cases against James Comey, Adam Schiff and Letitia James, calling them "guilty as hell" and insisting "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW."
• U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert left his post after declining to bring a mortgage‑fraud case against James; Trump said he fired him, while prosecutors reportedly concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge James or Comey.
• Trump announced Lindsey Halligan, his former personal lawyer and now a White House aide with no prosecutorial experience, as his pick to lead the Eastern District of Virginia, a post that requires Senate confirmation.
• Bondi installed Mary “Maggie” Cleary as acting U.S. attorney in the district, according to reports, as the White House praised Bondi’s performance and framed the drive as accountability for past abuses.
• Defense lawyers and ethics experts said Trump’s public demands could fuel selective‑prosecution and due‑process challenges, and the targets, including James, deny wrongdoing and call the effort politically motivated.