Trump administration fires prosecutor hours after he was appointed

Trump administration fires prosecutor hours after he was appointed

BBC nation

Key Points:

  • The Trump administration fired James W Hundley as interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia just hours after judges unanimously appointed him to the role.
  • Hundley was appointed by a panel of judges to fill the vacancy left by Erik Siebert, who resigned under pressure from President Trump after overseeing an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James.
  • The Justice Department maintains that the president and attorney general have the authority to appoint interim US attorneys, while judges have challenged this, ruling some Trump appointees as serving unlawfully in multiple states.
  • The dispute over the Virginia US Attorney position is linked to broader conflicts involving Trump’s attempts to prosecute Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.
  • Hundley expressed honor

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