Checks on interim US attorneys are central to Comey and James' challenge: Analysis

From the beginning of the Republic, presidents have sought the Senate's advice and consent when appointing U.S. attorneys. The practice reflects a shared understanding that these officials wield extraordinary authority over individual liberty.

As Franklin D. Roosevelt's attorney general and later Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson once observed, the prosecutor has more control "over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America."

In 2025, the Eastern District of Virginia is the testing ground for efforts to bypass many of the legal norms that date back to the nation's founding, centered around the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Comey has pleaded not guilty to allegedly making false statements to Congress, while James has pleaded not guilty to mortgage fraud-related charges.

When an interim U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, removed himself from office after resisting pressure to bring legally dubious indictments, the sequence of events that followed tested the boundaries of both constitutional and statutory structure. Less than two days after President Donald Trump publicly urged prosecutions of former officials and announced his former personal attorney, Lindsey Halligan, was his preferred replacement for Siebert, Halligan was sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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The orange slobfather has a hard time finding decent attorneys.