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Case 1:25-cr-00272-MSN-WEF Document 213 Filed 11/24/25

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General Letitia James.7 Mr. Siebert’s resignation came hours after President Trump told reporters

at the White House he “want[ed] [Mr. Siebert] out.’

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The next day, President Trump posted (and later deleted) the following message on social

Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.” Then we almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past. A Woke RINO, who was never going to do his job. That’s why two of the worst Dem Senators PUSHED him so hard. He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so. Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot. We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!! President DJT⁹
Less than 48 hours after President Trump’s post, on September 22, 2025, the Attorney General issued an order “authorizing Lindsey Halligan to be the Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia during the vacancy in that office” (“September 22 Order”). Att’y Gen. Order No. 6402-2025. The September 22 Order cites only 28 U.S.C. § 546 as the basis for Ms. Halligan’s appointment. Id.

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Id.; Salvador Rizzo, Perry Stein & Jeremy Roebuck, Top Virginia Prosecutor Resigns Amid Criticism over Letitia James Investigation, Wash. Post (Sept. 20, 2025), virginia/; The Associated Press, U.S. Attorney Resigns Under Pressure From Trump to Charge N.Y. AG Letitia James, NPR (Sept. 20, 2025), attorney-virginia-resigns-letitia-james-probe.

8 Thrush et al., supra note 6.

⁹ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Social (Sept. 20, 2025, at 18:44 ET),

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