Overview

• In weekend Truth Social posts, the president urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to act “now,” naming James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James in pressing for prosecutions.
• He said he will nominate White House aide and former personal attorney Lindsey Halligan to lead the Eastern District of Virginia after U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert left the post.
• Reporting indicates Siebert told DOJ he lacked evidence to charge Letitia James and raised concerns about a Comey case; Trump asserted he fired Siebert and said Halligan would “get things moving.”
• Senate Democrats denounced the moves, with Chuck Schumer calling it a “path to a dictatorship,” while Chris Murphy introduced the No Political Enemies Act to deter politically driven investigations.
• Debate over free speech escalated as FCC chair Brendan Carr urged broadcasters to “step up,” Nexstar affiliates preempted Jimmy Kimmel’s show and ABC/Disney suspended him, prompting legal and political pushback.