Trump Nominates White House Aide Lindsey Halligan as Top Prosecutor in Virginia

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had appointed his former attorney Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

“Pam Bondi is doing a great job as Attorney General of the United States. She is very careful, very smart, loves our Country, but needs a tough prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, like my recommendation, Lindsey Halligan, to get things moving,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, announcing his decision.

In an earlier post that appeared to be addressed directly to Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Trump said he had reviewed statements and posts stating that nothing had been done on potential charges against former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“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,” he wrote.

Halligan, who is currently serving as a special assistant to Trump, was among the lawyers who represented Trump in civil litigation after his Mar-a-Lago home was raided in a search for classified documents. She will replace Erik Siebert.

Siebert had already been serving as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. He had been leading the probe into James’s mortgage fraud case, but his office did not find any “incriminating evidence” to bring charges, according to a joint statement by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.).

Trump said on social media early Saturday that he decided to withdraw Siebert’s nomination after learning that the prosecutor received “unusually strong support” from the two Democratic senators.

“He didn’t quit, I fired him! Next time let him go in as a Democrat, not a Republican,” the president said in a Truth Social post.

James previously described the mortgage fraud claims made by the president against her as “baseless.”

Aldgra Fredly and Reuters contributed to this report.