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President Trump just fired a top federal prosecutor because he failed to bring charges against two despised opponents, New York Attorney General Letitia James and ex-FBI chief James Comey.

The ouster of Erik Siebert, U.S. attorney for Virginia’s Eastern District — and Trump’s own appointee — came after he couldn’t find sufficient evidence to charge James with mortgage fraud.

The president blamed the firing on Siebert having been put forward by two Democratic senators – hardly a secret – under the archaic "blue slip" requirement that should be abolished.

"Yeah, I want him out," Trump said after ABC broke the story. Tish James is "very guilty of something."

VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR RESIGNS AMID PRESSURE TO INDICT LETITIA JAMES

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