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Dulcinea

(9,193 posts)
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:04 AM Sep 19

Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG: Sources

(ABC News) President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources.

Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, ABC News first reported earlier this week, but Trump officials pushed U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her, according to sources.

Administration officials have told Siebert of Trump's intention to fire him, sources familiar with the matter said. Siebert's last day on the job is expected to be Friday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-poised-fire-us-attorney-025845991.html

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Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG: Sources (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 19 OP
Trump gets up every day and asks himself what evil shit can I do today? Irish_Dem Sep 19 #1
CEO to the core, everybody better do what I want bucolic_frolic Sep 19 #2
Why doesn't Donny handle the prosecution since he's so smart? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 19 #3

Irish_Dem

(75,383 posts)
1. Trump gets up every day and asks himself what evil shit can I do today?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:07 AM
Sep 19

Who and what can I destroy.

Makes him feel happy and like a real man.

bucolic_frolic

(52,495 posts)
2. CEO to the core, everybody better do what I want
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:12 AM
Sep 19

This is becoming both a tragedy and a comedy. Grand juries will resist, judges will proceed cautiously, juries will reject. The point of unwarranted prosecutions is ................... ? Vengence? Power? Vanity?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,079 posts)
3. Why doesn't Donny handle the prosecution since he's so smart?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 12:51 PM
Sep 19

He'll end up melting down in court.

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