The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted.
The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted.
His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey.
His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey.
President Trump’s campaign against U.S. attorneys is an extension, even an escalation, of the early purge that his top political appointees carried out at the Justice Department.
The push to remove Erik S. Siebert, a highly regarded career prosecutor, came as a shock in an office that handles some of the nation’s most sensitive national security investigations.
Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
The push to remove Erik S. Siebert, a highly regarded career prosecutor, came as a shock in an office that handles some of the nation’s most sensitive national security investigations.
Federal law enforcement agents, with members of Washington’s police force, at a checkpoint last month. President Trump has ordered National Guard troops and hundreds of additional federal law enforcement officers to patrol the capital.
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