Overview

• In a Truth Social post addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the president urged immediate investigations of Adam Schiff, Letitia James and James Comey, writing that the Justice Department should not “wait.”
• Trump’s demand referenced allegations by FHFA chief and ally Bill Pulte, who accused the targets of falsifying documents for mortgage applications.
• Erik Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned after reportedly rejecting a proposed fraud probe into James because prosecutors said evidence was insufficient.
• Trump said “I fired him” and nominated his former White House lawyer Lindsey Halligan to replace Siebert as U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
• News outlets and legal observers cautioned that the president’s public pressure and personnel moves risk undermining long-standing norms of Justice Department independence.