WASHINGTON >> The U.S. attorney investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and former FBI Director James Comey said he had resigned Friday, hours after President Donald Trump called for his ouster.

Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, had recently told senior Justice Department officials that investigators found insufficient evidence to bring charges against James and had also raised concerns about a potential case against Comey, according to officials familiar with the situation.

Trump has long viewed James and Comey as adversaries and has repeatedly pledged retribution against law enforcement officials who pursued him.

Siebert informed prosecutors in his office of his resignation through an email hours after the president, speaking to

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