US President Trump said on Saturday local time that he had appointed his former lawyer Lindsey Halligan as the federal prosecutor for the eastern district of Virginia. Prior to this, Trump pressured the Attorney General to be more aggressive in holding political opponents accountable. "Pam Bondi did a great job as Attorney General of the United States. She is very cautious, very smart, loves our country, but the eastern district of Virginia needs a tough prosecutor, like Lindsey Halligan, whom I recommended, to push the work forward," Trump announced his decision in a post on Truth Social.
