President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Lindsey Halligan — a White House aide spearheading the ideological review of the Smithsonian Institution — to be U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia, replacing a prosecutor who was forced out for not bringing fraud charges against New York’s attorney general.

Donald Trump appointed a former pageant finalist and White House aide to lead a U.S. attorney office in Virginia and prosecute his rivals.{ai:summary}Trump says he plans to nominate Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide heading the Smithsonian ideological review, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. She would replace a prosecutor ousted for not pursuing fraud charges against New York AG Letitia James.

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Trump scolds Bondi, installs new U.S. attorney in Virginia to target political rivals

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