The top national security prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia circulated a scathing departure letter to his former colleagues Friday slamming DOJ leadership, who he said "is more concerned with punishing the President's perceived enemies than they are with protecting our national security." Michael Ben'Ary, who served with the department for 20 years, was suddenly ousted this week in the wake of the arrival of President Donald Trump's hand-picked choice to take over the EDVA office as the district's new U.S. attorney. Trump picked Lindsey Halligan, who was previously his personal lawyer, to replace U.S. attorney Erik Siebert, who Trump fired after sources said Siebert refused to bring charges against at least one of Trump's political foes. Halligan

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