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DOJ says interim US attorney is fired
Katelyn Polantz
Just hours after the federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia appointed a new interim US attorney to replace Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan, the administration said he is fired.
The judges on Friday unanimously appointed James Hundley, a Virginia defense attorney with more than three decades of experience, to lead the influential prosecutors’ office after Halligan, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked choice, was forced to leave last month.
Shortly after the judges appointed Hundley, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he was fired on social media ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/doj-us-attorney-virginia-fired
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