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Trump to Nominate Lindsey Halligan to Lead Eastern District of Virginia Prosecutor's Office

The choice puts a Trump legal ally in line to oversee a politically sensitive office focused on allegations involving New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington.
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Overview

  • President Trump announced Saturday he intends to nominate senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • The Virginia office has been roiled by pressure from administration officials to bring a criminal case against Letitia James tied to alleged paperwork discrepancies on properties in New York and Virginia.
  • Erik Siebert, the office’s top prosecutor, stepped down Friday as that push intensified, and Trump later claimed on social media that he fired him.
  • Conservative lawyer Mary “Maggie” Cleary told staff in an email that she had been named acting U.S. attorney for the district, according to a copy reviewed by the Associated Press.
  • Halligan previously represented Trump during the early phase of the classified-documents investigation and now works in the White House staff secretary’s office, while DOJ officials have shown no public indication of evidence sufficient for an indictment and James’ lawyers deny wrongdoing.