The New York Civil Liberties Union is crying foul after a Republican federal prosecutor stepped down for refusing to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Erik Siebert was acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, the erstwhile nominee of President Donald Trump. His office declined to bring charges against James, a longtime adversary of the president who successfully sued the Trump Organization for fraud.

The president publicly threatened Siebert’s job after his office found no substantial evidence that she knowingly broke the law in allegations of mortgage fraud concerning a property in Virginia.

Rather than wait to be fired, Siebert resigned according to an email he sent staff, as reported by the Associated Press.

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