President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S.attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources. Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, ABC News first reported earlier this week, but Trump officials pushed U.S.
Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her, according to sources.Administration officials have told Siebert of Trump's intention to fire him, sources familiar with the matter said.Siebert's last day on the job is expected to be Friday.Trump officials pressuring federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against NY AG Letitia James: SourcesThe decision to fire Siebert could throw into crisis one of the most prominent U.S.
attorney's offices, which handles a bulk of the country's espionage and terrorism cases, and heighten concerns about Trump's alleged use of the DOJ to target his political adversaries. Trump nominated Siebert for the position in May.Sources familiar with the matter said that the administration now plans to install a U.S.
attorney who would more aggressively investigate James. The move to fire Siebert because he refused to charge one of Trump's political rivals would mark an escalation in what the president's critics have called a retribution campaign, with ongoing investigations also targeting Sen.Adam Schiff and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Trump has repeatedly accused James -- who successfully brought a civil fraud case against him last year and leads multiple lawsuits challenging his administration's policies -- of targeting him for political reasons, calling her "biased and corrupt." Attorney General Letitia James sits in the courtroom during the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump at New York Supre...