Lindsey Halligan, attorney for US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide and a fierce ally of President Donald Trump, has taken over as the top federal prosecutor in Virginia’s eastern district, according to a person familiar with the change.

Halligan assumed the office days after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, was pushed out of the job amid political pressure to indict one of Trump’s political enemies, New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Siebert was also overseeing the investigation into whether former FBI Director James Comey lied in testimony before Congress.

Halligan’s appointment puts another of Trump’s personal attorneys in a positi

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